Case Name: UNITED STATES v. GADSBY
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1802-01
Citations: 25 F. Cas. 1236
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. GADSBY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 25
Pages: 1236–1236

Head Matter:
Case No. 15,180.
UNITED STATES v. GADSBY.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 55.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Jan. Term, 1802.
Indictment—Gaming.
An indictment will not lie under the Virginia act, for suffering gaming in the defendant’s house; because the act has given an action of debt to the informer.
[Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

Opinion:
Indictment for suffering gaming in his public inn, contrary to Act Va., Jan. 19, 1798, c. 2, § 3. This indictment was quashed, upon the same ground upon which the court instructed the jury in the case of U. S. v. Simms [Case No. 16,290]. See that case in the supreme court of the United States, in 1 Cranch [5 U. S.] 252