86 Miss. 286
Decided April 15, 1905
Mississippi Supreme Court · decided 1905-04-15
From the circuit court of Pike county, Hon. Motse IT. Wilkinson, Judge. Brazele was indicted for keeping a gambling table. He demurred to the indictment, but the court below overruled the demurrer. Defendant then pleaded not guiilty; was tried, convicted, and sentenced, and appealed to the supreme court.
Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently April 1911
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Decided 1905-04-15
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¶1delivered the opinion of the court.
¶2The indictment failed to charge that the defendant was “in any manner interested in the loss or gain of the said gaming table,” as required by the statute. This was a fatal omission.
¶3The judgment is reversed, the demurrer sustained, the indictment quashed, and the defendant will be held to answer such proper indictment as may be hereafter preferred against him„