The Goldfield news. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1904-1911, 1910-09-17

Aou"u and TO destroy the same by
orders of the court. Officers are au.
thOrlzed to break down the doors and
enter places for the purposes of OBJ
tanning possession of any such gambling
oeVices when the officers have reason
to believe they are in the house or the
building, and any person found with
any of the devices in his possession
shall be arrested and taken immediate.
ly before the committing magistrate.
This law exempts from prosecu.
tion all persons who testify to the act
or violation of this law.
To make it more clear, any game
of chance in which there is a wager
or a game of chance to receive greater
or less returns are prohibited, l mean
to say that if there is what is termed
a grab sack" in which you pay for
a chance to take a package whose value
varies, it is gambling. A slot machine
that pays according to pairs, straights
flushes and full hands is gambling
Gaming or gambling is an agreement
either implied or expressed between
two or more to risk money or other
things of value ON a contest or chance
of any kind or to risk money against
anything of value or where one must
be the loser and the other the gamer
Bell VS.. State, 81 Tenn. page 507.
Gaming is the use of cards, dice,
billiards or other instruments, , ac-
cording to certain rules prescribed
in the game with a view to win
money or other things waged upon the
issue of contest. In re Stewart, U. s.
21s Fed. p. 1898.
A prize game as conducted by or
binary society is gambling. "To
constitute unlawful gaming, there
must be a game played and upon its
results some article of value must be
lost or won. Alexander VS.. State, 80
Ind. $50.
Also defined, "Gaming consists in
playing for certain stakes, as, added
to the amusement, made the conse-
quences dangerous to society,"
State VS.. Records, 4 Del. p. 554.
Gift enterprise, by which a mer-
chant tradesman sells his wares for
their market value, but by way of
inducement gives to each purchaser
a ticket which entities him to a
chance to win a certain prize to be
determined after the manner of
lottery, is included within the term
gaming-Bell VS.. State Supra.
Playing billiards where the loser
of the game pays money to the
owner of the table is gambling OF
gaming.-State VS.. Miller, 4 N. w. p.
900.
Playing cards under IN agreement
that the party who loses shall treat the
other to cigars is gambling.-Stat VS..
Wade, 81 Amer. Rep. p. $50.
Playing cards for beer or liquor con-
stitutes gambling.-Brown VS.. State, 7
Atlantic, p. $40.
Gambling is gambling, whether 1T
is for 5 cents or for larger sums, and
the user at cards who buys the other
party a drink or cigar as a penalty for
losing the game is engaged in gambling.
Hay VS.. Reid, as N. W., p. SOY.
1t is gambling to play any game of
hazard for money or other articles of
value. A game of hazard to determine
who shall pay for the beer or other
liquor to be drunk is strictly playing
for money. 1t is to determine which
party shall pay the sum of money fol
the other. Commonwealth VS.. Taylor,
so Mass. p. 26.
Thowing dice to determine who shall
pay for liquor or for any other article
bought is gaming.-McDaniel VS.. Com
monwealth, 50 KY, p. 500.
C. r. REEVES, District Attorney.