State v. . Galloway

The defendants were convicted of the offense of keeping gaming tables in breach of section 4433 of the Consolidated Statutes, and from the judgment pronounced they appealed to this Court. They admitted that the house in which the tables were kept was a “gambling house” and that games of chance were played there.

The first seven assignments of error relate to the admission of evidence. A witness for the State was permitted to describe the tables, slot machines, and-other gaming devices found in the house, and to show that games of chance had been played there for a long period of time. The…