Butler v. State

Indictment for gaming. Plea, not guilty. Verdict and judgment for the state.

The indictment is objected to, because it neither names the person with whom the defendant played, nor states his name to be unknown. Mr. Chilly's language on this subject is as follows: “ It is, in general, necessary to set forth the names of third persons with sufficient certainty; and, therefore, it seems to be generally agreed at this day, that an indictment for suffering divers bakers to bake, &c. against the assize, when that offence was indictable, or for distraining divers persons without just cause, or for…