Gaming-houses
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In criminal law. Houses la which gambling is carried on as the business of the occupants, and which are frequented by persons for that purpose. They are nuisances, in the eyes of the law, being detrimental to the public, as they promote cheating and other corrupt practices.
1 Russ. Crimes, 299; Rose. Crim. Ev. 663; People v. Jackson, 3 Denio (N. Yd 101, 45 Am. Dec. 449; Anderson v. State (Tex. App.) 12 S. W. 869; People v. Weithoff, 51 Mich. 203, 16 N. W. 442, 47 Am. Rep 557 ; Morgan v. State, 42 Tex. Cr. R. 422, 60 S. W. 763.