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April 10, 1890 in Brenham Weekly Banner

Domestic News April 10, 1890

Brenham Weekly Banner

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Indictment, Playing Cards, Boone County, Hoyle, Dismissed, Judge Latham

Brenham, Washington County, Texas

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What is this article about?

An indictment in Boone County, West Virginia, against Judge C. P. Latham for 'playing cards' was dismissed after two attorneys testified that 'cards' is not a specific game listed in Hoyle, but rather pieces of pasteboard used in various games.

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The following casuistical distinction embraced in a dispatch from Charleston, West Va., to the Baltimore Sun is worthy of a Sancho Panza or of the Texas court of appeals. The dispatch reads: "An indictment by the grand jury of Boone county against Judge C. P. Latham for 'playing cards' was dismissed. It was proven by two attorneys, who were admitted to be authorities upon the subject, that there was no such game mentioned in Hoyle as 'cards,' but that cards were pieces of pasteboard with which games of various names are played."

What sub-type of article is it?

Legal Or Court

What keywords are associated?

Indictment Playing Cards Boone County Hoyle Dismissed Judge Latham

What entities or persons were involved?

Judge C. P. Latham

Where did it happen?

Boone County, West Va.

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Primary Location

Boone County, West Va.

Key Persons

Judge C. P. Latham

Outcome

indictment dismissed.

Event Details

An indictment by the grand jury of Boone county against Judge C. P. Latham for 'playing cards' was dismissed. It was proven by two attorneys, who were admitted to be authorities upon the subject, that there was no such game mentioned in Hoyle as 'cards,' but that cards were pieces of pasteboard with which games of various names are played.