State v. Cooster
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Balias Bistrict Court. INDICTMENT for keeping a bouse resorted to for gambling purposes. Trial and verdickof guilty. . The proceedings in the trial below of which the defendant, who is the appellant, complains, are fully presented in the opinion of the court. contended: 1. That to constitute the offense “ of keeping a gambling house,” it must appear that it was resorted to generally, or habitually, or repeatedly for that purpose, with the cognizance of the owner;…
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Appeal from Balias Bistrict Court. INDICTMENT for keeping a bouse resorted to for gambling purposes. Trial and verdickof guilty. . The proceedings in the trial below of which the defendant, who is the appellant, complains, are fully presented in the opinion of the court. contended: 1. That to constitute the offense “ of keeping a gambling house,” it must appear that it was resorted to generally, or habitually, or repeatedly for that purpose, with the cognizance of the owner; and that “ permitting any person, in any place under defendant’s control, to play for money or other things,” would…
1Opinion of the CourtLowe, C. J.
We have in this case six assignments'of error. The first three we pass, as the questions involved in them are included in the sixth, which we first take up and consider. This is, “that the court erred in overruling the motions in arrest and for a new trial.” The several grounds upon which these motions were based, will be noticed only so far as they are insisted upon in argument by counsel, supposing the other reasons assigned to have been abandoned. It is claimed that the indictment charges two separate and distinct public offenses.
1. Eor keeping a gambling house.
3. In permitting other…
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