Case Name: STATE OF MISSOURI vs. BATES
Court: Supreme Court of Missouri
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1846-07
Citations: 10 Mo. 166
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE OF MISSOURI vs. BATES.
Judges: 
Reporter: Missouri Reports
Volume: 10
Pages: 166–166

Head Matter:
STATE OF MISSOURI vs. BATES.
Under the act of 1845, for the punishing of gaming, it is indictable to bet money or property on any gambling device.
ERROR to Texas Circuit Court.
Stringfellow, for the State.

Opinion:
Scott, J.,
deUv'er'ed'the opinion of the Court.
This was an indictment against Bates founded upon the 16th sec. of 8th art. of the act concerning crimes and punishments. Rev. Code, 1845, p. 202. The indictment was quashed by the Circuit Court, and the cause brought to this Court.
The allegation in the indictment is, " that the said James A. Bates, on, &c., at, See., a large sum of money, to-wit: the sum of five dollars, at, and upon a certain gambling device called cards, then and there unlawfully did bet," &c. Under the act of 1845, it is made indictable to bet money upon any gambling device. In this it differs from the act of 1835, which made it unlawful only to bet upon " a gambling device adapted, devised and designed for the purpose of playing a game of chance for money or property."
This indictment'being in the words of the statute, is sufficient.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded, Judge McBride concurring.