General

United States v. Conner

1 D.C. 1021 Cranch 102·United States District Court for the District of Columbia·1802

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Opinion

United States v. Conner. Upon an indictment for keeping a gaming-table in a booth upon a race-fleld, contrary to the Act of Maryland, it is not necessary to prove that the traverser ivas the owner. He is equally guilty, whether he acted as principal, or agent, or servant of the owner. Indictment for beeping a gaming-table, to game with dice, at a booth, on the race-field, contrary to an Act of Assembly of Maryland. [MAJORITY — The Couet] The Couet instructed the jury that it was not necessary for the United States to prove that the traverser was the owner of the table, if he played at it as owner, and appeared to be the person who set it up. And that it was of no importance whether the traverser áeted as principal or as agent or servant for the owner of the table. In each case he was equally guilty. (Quosre. See the last case and the cases there referred to.)