Stevens v. People

Citations

• 67 Ill. 587

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal law—leeeping gaming house. When, at the time of the arrest of one as the keeper of a common gaming house, there were found seven or eight persons in an upper room in the act of playing faro, and the proof showed that the premises were furnished as a common gaming house: Held, that the testimony was sufficient to warrant the finding, that the room was, at the time of the arrest, fitted up, furnished and then being used and kept as a common gaming house.</p> <p>2. To warrant the conviction of one as the keeper of a common gaming house, it is not necessary that he should have been the .proprietor or lessee thereof, or directly interested in the profits of the business or house. If he had the general superintendence or charge, though simply an employee of the house, he may be regarded as the keeper, or as so aiding and abetting in the commission of the offense of keeping the house as to justify his conviction for the offense.</p> <p>3. Same—aiding and abetting in misdemeanors. All persons who aid, abet, or assist in the commission of a misdemeanor, are guilty as principals.</p>