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3 Blackf. 294

State v. Dole

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided November 28, 1833

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1833-11-28

<p>In an indictment for permitting gaming.in a licensed grocery, it'is not necessary to set forth the name of the game that was played.</p>

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently November 1881

4 state decisions

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Decided 1833-11-28

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M’Kinney, J.

¶1Indictment for'suffering gaming in a licensed grocery. The' indictment was quashed by the Circuit Court, because the particular game suffered and permitted to be played in the .grocery,; was not stated. •

¶2The penalties imposed, by the 65th section of the act relative to crimes and punishments, upon a tavern-keeper, or retailer .of spirituous liquors, &c., are-incurred by suffering a game to be played by' which money, or any article of value, is lost or won, and not by suffering a particular game to be played, since all games for such purposes appear to be equally prohibited. -In the cases of The Commonwealth v. Lampton, 4 Bibb, 261,—Inglish v. The Commonwealth, Litt. Sel. Cas. 417,—and Montee v. The Commonwealth, 3 J. J. Marshall, 133, it has been decided, upon a statute with similar provisions, that the *295offence is consummated by suffering a game to be played, and that it is therefore not necessary to state the names of the persons engaged in the games. We think, that if the names of the persons playing be not necessary to be stated, it is unnecessary to state the particular game. We are therefore of opinion, that the indictment is sufficient, and that the .Court erred in quashing it.

W. Herod, for the state.J. Whitcomb, for the defendant.Per Curiam.

¶3The judgment is reversed with costs. Cause remanded, &c.

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