Case Name: United States v. James M'Cormick
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1830-12
Citations: 4 Cranch 104
Docket Number: 
Parties: United States v. James M’Cormick.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 4
Pages: 104–104

Head Matter:
United States v. James M’Cormick.
Upon an indictment for keeping a public gaming-house, the day laid in the indictment is not material, so that it is within the time of limitation, and not within the time of a previous conviction or acquittal. All the acts of keeping such a house before finding the indictment constitute but one offence.
Indictment, for a nuisance in keeping a public gaming-house from April 10, to June 10, 1829.

Opinion:
The Court
(nem. con.) permitted, the United States to give evidence of acts done before the 10th of April, considering the day not material, so that it was within the. time of limitation, and not within the time of a previous conviction or acquittal; all the acts of gambling, and keeping a gaming-house, previous to the finding of the indictment, constituting but one offence.