Reynolds v. State
Supreme Court of South Carolina
The defendant in this case was indicted under the Act of 1816,1 entitled “An Act the more effectually to prevent the pernicious practice of gaming.’’ The Act provides, that if any person or persons, *shall play, &c., “ at any game or games, with cards or dice, &c., except the games of billiards, bowls, chess, backgammon, drafts, or whist, when there is no betting on the said games,” &c., such person or persons, upon being convicted thereof, shall be imprisoned, &c.
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The defendant in this case was indicted under the Act of 1816,1 entitled “An Act the more effectually to prevent the pernicious practice of gaming.’’ The Act provides, that if any person or persons, *shall play, &c., “ at any game or games, with cards or dice, &c., except the games of billiards, bowls, chess, backgammon, drafts, or whist, when there is no betting on the said games,” &c., such person or persons, upon being convicted thereof, shall be imprisoned, &c. The Act then goes on to subject the keepers of public houses, under the like circumstances, to the same penalties. This…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Nott, J.
Ah indictment is said to be a plain, brief, and certain narrative of an offence committed by any person, and of those necessary circumstances that occur to ascertain the fact and its nature. And it must state the crime with as much certainty as the nature of the case will admit. In this case the defendant is merely charged with permitting persons to play cards at her house. And as that is not, under all circumstances, unlawful, she may, for anything that the Court can perceive, be innocent of any offence.
But, it is contended, that it is not…
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- State v. GoinsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1922