State v. Froemsdorf

-This is a prosecution, by indictment, in Cape Girardeau county, Missouri, charging the defendants with setting up and keeping a gaming house, in violation of section 3541, Revised Statutes 1919. Defendants were convicted and their punishment fixed at a fine of $400 each. After being unsuccessful in their motion for new trial and in arrest of judgment, defendants have appealed.

The indictment is as follows; omitting formal parts:

“That Plenry Froemsdorf and Mattie Froemsdorf on the- day of December, A. D., 1922, and from that date until the 5th day of May, A. D. 1923, did wilfully and…