The Red Cloud chief., 1878-06-27
s~si.iat,ss Against Ssasiss.

-,rt u laws. either restricting or sho1
.shing gaming To sccomplish We
. after object they have been sirnaily ~
~siccessful. In nearly all the yates
there arr stringent laws against gam
ing. and wagvrs csnncs be- r-ssc,Sred at
Law. Gambling Was mad. . is.ony In
the District II Columbia, and Jacob
DIXON MAS sent Ia the penite ,tiar, for
gambling. hut Andrew Jackson deemed
IN. punishment tao severe for the 81.
Tease and at oncc sent him . pardon.
A quarter II . century afterwards some
body dug the Law up, and With y char
IN worthy an Aminidsb Sleek, made
complain, against William Marcus. y
we'll known sporting man. sud he ~As
imprisoned. but James Buchanan took
the same view ~ IL that Old Hickory did
and psrdoucd him cut The Louisiana
senate once introduced \ bill tai license
gambling. and IL wAs licensed In Cali
fornis In early days.
When Gen. scott took Mexico and
Vera Cruz, and placed Governors over
them. gambling was licensed. and con
siderable revenue returned. In 1850.
roulette tables were licensed In North
Carolina. and billiari.tahlcs are to-day
licensed all over the United States.
where gambling takes places every day.
The sums bet may he small drinks. I, IL
always the price IL the game. hut the
principle Is the same. and ANY person
attempting To defend the licensing II
them on principle. aud moi, other fair.
square games. will be- In the same boat
that the candidate foe congress was. In
the State of Vermont. who was tainted
by his adversary, that his sister had
given birth q n bastard.
II don't care a durn IL sister Sal did
have n BASTARD said this Green Noun
tain Demosthencs. "ii WAS ton small for
anything. nyhow. and Sal wouldn't-cr
had it II folks had only let her alone"
The laws in Europe are various In re-
gard To gaming. By the French law,
- IL stood before the Revolution. minors
alone could recover their losses nj play.
but no winnings could be- sued for cx-
cept In case III warlike sports. When
mol excessive, games Of strength and
skill were permitted. games at mere
chance absolutely forbidden. The Code
Francis allows an action for moneys
q ut games Of strength and skill
when the amount is not excessive; but
moneys paid cannot he recovered un-
less ON the ground 81 fraud. The keep
ers of gaming houses, their managers
or agents are punishable with fine 100
to 5000 francs. and imprisonment two
u six months. and may be deprived Of
most " their civil rights.
BY the Prussinn code all games Of
chance are prohibited except when H.
ccnscd by the State. Gambling debts
are not the subject of action; but mon.
eys paid cannot be sued for by the loser.
Wagers give n right q action when the
stakes are constituted In cash In the
hands of n third person; they era void
when n winner had . knowledge II the
event and concealed IL. Moneys lent
for gambling or betting purposes, or "a
pay gambling and betting debts, cannot
be sued for. Gaming-h house keepers
are punishable by fine, professed gam.
blers by Punishment, and II they break
the ban, by imprisonment. Moneys
won from drunken men III 70 Q consid-
cradle xmount) must DO refunded and
q fine paid Of equal value.
In Austria no right Of action Il given
To either winner " loser. All games
Of chance are prohibited cxcspt when
licensed by the State. Cheating q play
In punishable with imprisonment &C.
cording ~ amount Of fraudulent gain.
Playing At unlawful games, or allowing
such 70 take place ct ones house. sub
jects the party to heavy fine, or, In de-
fault, to imprisonment.
The provisions Of the Sandman code
are similar IN the French. The Bava-
rian code distinguishes between gsmes
Of mixed and pure skill and games Of
mere chance. In the two former, mon.
ey honestly O and not excessive In
amount, may be lawfully claimed, and
money lost cannot be recovered; but
with respect 10 fraudulent OF excessive
gaming, and also ~ To oil games Of
mere chance, the winner may he called
on TO repay his gains, and Is liable. to-
gether with the loser Except as TO the
latter In cases of fraud). To q penalty Of
varying amount. Clearinghouse keep
ers and professed gamblers are subject
To various penalties. Distinctions are
taken a. to wagrrs. which are only void
for fraud or immortality. but the amount
of which Is liable 10 be reduced II ex-
SS''s'N' thuV uUtD w iIOttN CWu
recover them II lost by another person.
In Spain wagcrs are lawful when
not In themselves fraudulent or relating
to something unlawful or criminal.
la England Mt common law all gam
ing houses are regarded N nuisances,
and those who keep them Independent
OF statutory provisions) liable to be in
dicted and punished by fine and impris-
onmcnt ~ discretion.
The act q and . Wet, 109) facilita-
ted proceedings against any common
gaming-house by enacting. In default
Of any other evidence. Il shall be suit.
Client 70 prove that such house or place
IL kept or used for playing therein 1t
any Unlawful game. and that . book IL
kcpe there by one or two players. exclu.
sivsly Of the others. or that the chances
Of any game played therein are not
alike favorable To all the players, in
cluding among the players the banker
or other person by whom the game II
managed or against whom the players
stake, play or bet; and every such house
o. place shall be deemed . common
gAming-house. II II not necessary un.
der this act, to prove thai auy person