Case No. 16,199.

UNITED STATES v. ROUNSAVEL.

[2 Cranch, C. C. 133.]¹

Circuit Court, District of Columbia.

April Term, 1817.

GAMING—INFORMATION.

An information will not lie upon a presentment of a grand jury for public gambling, contrary to the Virginia statute of December 8, 1792 (chapter 96, § 5, p. 175).

Rule to show cause why an information should not be filed upon the presentment of the grand jury for playing at vingt et un at a tavern, contrary to the act of assembly. 905 BY THE COURT. The statute has prescribed the mode of prosecution, and no other can be sustained. See U. S. v. Willis [Case No. 16,728], at November term, 1808, and U. S. v. Simms (in supreme court of the United States) 1 Cranch [5 U. S.) 252.

Rule discharged.

¹ [Reported by Hon. William Cranch, Chief Judge.]

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