State v. Allaire
Supreme Court of Alabama
On points referred as novel and difficult from the criminal court of Mobile. Before the Hon. John E. Jones. The defendant was indicted for betting at a gaming table called a pool table, which indictment was found at the November term, 1847. The jury found a special verdict, finding that the defendant did bet at the game of pool, as charged, and described the game as a combination of skill and chance, played upon a billiard table.
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On points referred as novel and difficult from the criminal court of Mobile. Before the Hon. John E. Jones. The defendant was indicted for betting at a gaming table called a pool table, which indictment was found at the November term, 1847. The jury found a special verdict, finding that the defendant did bet at the game of pool, as charged, and described the game as a combination of skill and chance, played upon a billiard table. Upon this verdict the court, at the June term, 1848, when the trial was had, rendered judgment against the defendant, but referred the question to this court, as one…
1Opinion of the CourtCollier, C. J.
The 12th section of the 6th chapter of the Penal Code enacts, that “if any person shall hereafter be guilty of keeping or exhibiting any gaming table called A. B. C., or E. O., or Roulette, or Rowley Powley, or Rouge et Noir, Thimbles, sometimes called Three Ticket Lottery, Chucker Luck, or Faro Bank; or shall keep and exhibit any other gaming table, or bank of the like kind, or of any other description, under any other name or denomination, or without any name therefor, or shall in any manner be interested or concerned in the keeping, exhibiting or carrying on, any such table,’bank, or game,…
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