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12 Ind. App. 527

State v. Darroch

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided May 4, 1895

Indiana Court of Appeals · decided 1895-05-04

<p>Oeimistal Law.- — Indictment, Sufficiency of. — Oounty fair. — Leasing Grounds for Gaming Devices. — An indictment which charges, in substance, that defendant and fourteen others, acting as the directors, officers and managers of the Kentland Agricultural Fair Association, organized under and pursuant to the laws of the State of Indiana, on or about the 14th day of September, 1894, at said county and State, did then and there unlawfully rent, lease and donate a portion of the grounds and premises owned and used and occupied by the above named association to one G. to be used for the purpose of carrying on a game of chance with dice, etc., states a public offense, and is sufficient.</p>

Relies on State v. Howard

Decided 1895-05-04

Lotz, J. —

¶1The appellee was charged with violating section 2174, R. S. 1894 (Elliott’s Supp., section 346).

¶2The indictment was in two counts. The court sustained a motion to quash each count. These rulings of the court are the errors assigned.

¶3The first count charges that the appellant (and fourteen others), acting as the directors, officers and managers of the Kentland Agricultural Fair Association, the same being an agricultural fair association organized under and pursuant to the laws of the State of Indiana, on or about the 14th day of September, 1894, at said county and State, did then and there unlawfully rent, lease and donate a portion of the grounds and premises owned and used and occupied by the above named association and society to one Charles Grument, to be used for the purpose of carrying on a game of chance with dice, etc.

*528Filed May 4, 1895.

¶4The second count is the same as the first, except the game and wagering device are differently described.

¶5Each count is sufficient within the rule announced by this court in the case of State v. Howard, 9 Ind. App. 635.

¶6Judgment reversed, with instruction to overrule the motions to quash.

¶7Ross, C. J., was absent.

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