State v. Cannon
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court . — Hon. Henry L. Bright, Judge. (1) Defendant was not rearraigned after the withdrawal of his plea of not guilty. (2) There is no evidence to support the verdict, and the peremptory instruction, requested by defendant and refused by the court, should have been given.
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Appeal from Jasper Circuit Court . — Hon. Henry L. Bright, Judge. (1) Defendant was not rearraigned after the withdrawal of his plea of not guilty. (2) There is no evidence to support the verdict, and the peremptory instruction, requested by defendant and refused by the court, should have been given. The poker table in question in this case is not a gambling device within the meaning of Sec. 4750, R. S. 1909. State v. Etch-man, 184 Mo. 193; State v. Mathis, 206 Mo. 604; State v. Hall, 228 Mo. 456. A crap table, such as the evidence in this case shows the table at issue under the second count…
1Opinion of the CourtKennish, P. J.
At the February term, '1910, of the circuit court of Jasper county, the prosecuting attorney filed an information jointly charging the appellant, Charles Cannon, F. W. Potts and L. W. Smith, under section 4750, Eevised Statutes 1909, with the offense of having set up and kept divers gaming tables and gambling devices. The information charged the offense in the language of the statute and in two counts, the only difference in the counts being that the gaming table described in the first is a poker table with the paraphernalia incident to the playing of that game, while the second describes a…
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