STATE v. ULMER

Nos. 48638-48641.

351 S.W.2d 7 (1961)

STATE of Missouri, Appellant, v. Lester ULMER, Respondent. STATE of Missouri, Appellant, v. Verne WILDER, Respondent. STATE of Missouri, Appellant, v. Harry HUNT, Respondent. STATE of Missouri, Appellant, v. Guy ENGLISH, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

November 13, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Eagleton, Atty. Gen., Fred E. Schoenlaub, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Roy Coyne, Joplin, for respondents, Verne Wilder, Harry Hunt and Guy English.

A. L. Shortridge, Joplin, for respondent, Lester Ulmer.


COIL, Commissioner.

The four above-styled cases have been consolidated on appeal. The facts and the decisive question in each are the same. We shall write this opinion as though there was one case involving one defendant.

On January 10, 1960, an indictment was returned charging defendant with setting up and keeping a gambling table for the purpose of operating a dice game. On April 22, 1960, the trial court sustained defendant's motion to quash that indictment...

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