Case Name: The State v. Stallings
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1852-12-15
Citations: 3 Ind. 531
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State v. Stallings.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 3
Pages: 531–532

Head Matter:
The State v. Stallings.
Indictment for gaming, containing two counts; the first for money won and the second for money lost at a bet upon the result of a game of cards played by the defendant and others. The indictment did not state whether the bet was made with the persons played with, or with a third person. Held, that the indictment was bad.
Wednesday, December 15.
ERROR to the Posey Circuit Court.

Opinion:
Perkins, J.
Indictment for gaming. Indictment quashed in the Circuit Court. It presents, in one count, that Andrew Stallings, late, &c., on, &c., at, &c., did unlawfully win in a bet made at a game of cards played by said Stallings and others, some named and some unknown, the sum of 10 cents.
The second count charges that he lost said sum in a bet made at a game of cards played by, &c.
The indictment does not show whether the bet was made with the persons played with, or with some third person, a spectator of the game, and is bad for uncertainty.
A. L. Robinson, for the state.
J. Pitcher, for the defendant.
Per Curiam.
The judgment is affirmed.