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Mastoras v. StateMastoras v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama
Mar 24, 1938
7 Div. 503.
Versions:180 So. 115
235 Ala. 519
1938 Ala. LEXIS 272
PER CURIAM.

The writ of certiorari is denied, but we do not wish to be understood as approving the statement in the opinion of the Court of Appeals, used arguendo, that a “faro table” or “roulette table” is not a “contrivance, appliance, or invention” within the condemnation of the Act of July 25, 1931, Acts 1931, p. 806.

If the count of the indictment had averred: “The Grand Jury of said County charges that before the finding of this indict *520 ment George Mastoras, whose name is unknown to the Grand Jury otherwise than as stated, did possess, keep, own, set up, operate, or conduct, or did permit to be set up, operated, or conducted, a gambling contrivance, appliance or invention, to wit, a faro table, contrary to law,” it would have been free of demurrable defects.

Writ of certiorari denied.

ANDERSON, C. J., and BROWN, FOSTER, and KNIGHT, Jj., concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Mastoras v. State
Court Name: Supreme Court of Alabama
Date Published: Mar 24, 1938
Citations: 180 So. 115; 235 Ala. 519; 1938 Ala. LEXIS 272; 7 Div. 503.
Docket Number: 7 Div. 503.
Court Abbreviation: Ala.
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