Covy v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
John C. Cabiness and Ransom Covy, were indicted in the Circuit Court of Tuskaloosa county, for keeping a gaming house. The indictment consisted of several counts, charging— First — That the said Cabiness and Covy, on the nineteenth day of September, A. D., eighteen bun-: dred and thirty-five, at-in the county aforesaid, (Tuskaloosa,) then and there knowingly did permit and suffer, a Faro Bank for gaming, to be carried on and exhibited, in a house, then and there occupied by…
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John C. Cabiness and Ransom Covy, were indicted in the Circuit Court of Tuskaloosa county, for keeping a gaming house. The indictment consisted of several counts, charging— First — That the said Cabiness and Covy, on the nineteenth day of September, A. D., eighteen bun-: dred and thirty-five, at-in the county aforesaid, (Tuskaloosa,) then and there knowingly did permit and suffer, a Faro Bank for gaming, to be carried on and exhibited, in a house, then and there occupied by the said Cabiness and Covy, &c. Second — That the said Cabiness and Covy, on the said nineteenth day of September, in…
1Opinion of the Court
HÍTCHCOCK, C. J.
— This was an indictment in the Circuit Court of Tuskaloosa county, against Co-yy and Cabiness, under the gaming acts.
There are three counts in the indictment. The first charges them with “ knowingly permitting and suffering a Faro Bank for gaming, to be carried on and exhibited in a house occupied by them.”
The second count charges them with “ knowingly permitting and suffering to be carried on and exhibited in their house, a Faro Bank for gaming.”
The third count charges them with “knowingly permitting and suffering a Roulette Table, kept for gaming, to be carried on and…
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