Case Name: UNITED STATES v. MILLER
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1830-12
Citations: 26 F. Cas. 1255
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. MILLER.
Judges: (CRANCH, Chief Judge, absent)
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 26
Pages: 1255–1255

Head Matter:
Case No. 16,773.
UNITED STATES v. MILLER.
[4 Cranch, C. C. 104.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Dec. Term, 1830.
Gaming—Keeper op House—Evidence.
1. Evidence of the declaration of another person, that he was the guilty person, cannot be given.
2. Evidence that the defendant dealt the cards, at faro, is prima facie evidence that he kept the house.
Indictment [against Henry Miller] for a nuisance in keeping a public gaming-house.
Mr. Coxe and Mr. Dandridge, for defendant,
offered evidence of the declaration of another person, that he was the keeper of the house and gaming-table.
The United States attorney objected, and THE COURT refused tc receive the evidence.
[Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief .lodge.]

Opinion:
THE COURT,
also,
(CRANCH, Chief Judge, absent)
instructed the jury that dealing the cards, as keeper of the faro-table, was prima facie evidence that such dealer was the keeper of the house.