State v. Book
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Shelby District Oourrt. At the August term, 1874, the grand jury presented the following indictment against the defendant: “The Grand Jury, in the county of Shelby, in the name and by the authority of the State of Iowa, accuse Peter Book of the crime of keeping a gambling house, committed as follows: For that the said Peter Book, on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the county aforesaid, and on…
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Appeal from Shelby District Oourrt. At the August term, 1874, the grand jury presented the following indictment against the defendant: “The Grand Jury, in the county of Shelby, in the name and by the authority of the State of Iowa, accuse Peter Book of the crime of keeping a gambling house, committed as follows: For that the said Peter Book, on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the county aforesaid, and on divers other days between the first day of January, 1874, and the finding of this indictment, kept, used, managed, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Ch. J. —
The evidence shows that the defendant kept a place, as charged in the indictment, where persons resorted for the purpose of playing games of billiards, pin pool, etc., and where the defendant. also kept cigars and drinks for sale; that it was the custom or habit of persons resorting to this place to play billiards and pin pool, “ and the losing party to pay for the game; ” the price of pin pool was five cents a cue, and billiards twenty cents a game. Sometimes, too, the man that got beat would treat. The evidence also leaves no doubt of the fact that the defendant knew that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- Blewett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
- Harbaugh v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1866
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