Beard v. United States

GRONER, Associate Justice.

All thirteen appellants were indicted for setting up and keeping a gaming table for the purpose of gaming; and for setting up and keeping a certain place for gaming; and for conspiracy to violate certain sections of the District of Columbia Code (the substantive offenses). All were charged with committing one or more specified overt acts. A joint demurrer and a joint motion to quash were overruled. A bill of particulars was filed, limiting each count of the indictment in point of time to the period January 1 to December 14, 1934, and designating the place as 508…