White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-04

seize the same and to take the same
the magistrate in whose town
ship the said device may be found
and destroy the same by orders of
the court. officers are authorized to
break down doors and enter places
for the purpose of obtaining poses
sion of any such gambling devices
when the officers have reason to be-
lieve they are in the house of build
lieve they are in the house or build
ing, and any person found with any
of the devices in his possession shall
be arrested and taken Immediately
before the committing magistrate.
This law exempts from prosecu-
ton all persons who testify to tue
act or violation of this law.
To make il more clear, any game
of chance in which there is a wager
or a game of chance to receive great
er or less returns are prohibited. /
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
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hands is gambling. Gaming or
gambling is an agreement either i'm
piled 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 gamer.
Bell VS.. State, 81 Tenn. Page 507.
Gaming is the usa o: cards, dice.
billiards or other instruments accord
ing 20 certain rules prescribed in the
game with a view to win money or
other things waged upon the Issue of
the contest. In re Stewart. o.. 81
21st Fed. p. 39S.
A prize game as conducted by
ordinary society is gambling. TO
constitute unlawful gaming, there
must be a game played and upon its
results some article % value must be
lost or Won" Alexander VS.. State.
80 Ind. 450.
Also defined: Gaming consists
in playing for certain stakes, as, add
ed to the amusement, made the con-
sequences dangerous to society"
State V. Records, 4 Del. p. 554.
Gift enterprises, by which a mer-
chant or tradesman sells his wares
for their market value, but by way
of inducement gives to each purehos-
er a ticket which entities him to a
chance to win a certain prize TO be
determined after the manner of
is included within the term
gaming. Bell V. State, Supra.
Playing billiards where the loser
of the game pays money TO the owner
of the table is gambling or gaming.
State V. Miller, 4 N. w. p. 900.
Playing at cards under an agree
ment that the party who loses shah
the other to cigars is gambling.
State V. Wade, 81 Amer. Rep. p $50.
Playing cards for beer or liquor
constitutes gambling. Brown V.
State, Z Atlantic, p. $40.
Gambling is gambling whether II
Is for sc or for larger sums and the
at cards who buys the other
party a drink or cigar as a penalty
'or losing the game Is engaged in
gambling the same as If he paid in
Hay V. Ried, AS n. w. page
507.
1t is gambling to play any game
hazard for money or other arti-
les OF value. A game OF hazard to
determine who shall pay for the beer
IT other liquor to be drunk is strictly
for money. 1t is to deter
nine which party shall pay the sum
II money for the other. Common
wealth v. Taylor, so Mass. p. 26.
Throwing dice to determine who
hall pay for liquor or for any other
Irticle bought is gaming. McDaniels
?. Commonwealth, 50 Ky. p. 1896.
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