People v. Cattaneo

The State’s Attorney of Bureau county, Illinois, filed an information in the county court of said county, charging Lester Cattaneo with the crime of keeping a common gaming house in one count and in another that he kept or suffered to be kept a crap table, dice, chips, etc., for the purpose of playing games for money or other valuable things. The defendant entered a motion to quash the information as to the second count, claiming the crap table, dice and chips are not gambling devices as defined by the Criminal Code. This motion was overruled. A motion was then made to suppress the evidence,…