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shall in any way manage such gaming table or other place for
gambling in this State, or who shall have any interest in any
gaming table or the profits thereof, shall be deemed to be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
subject to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, one-half
to go to the informer, or imprisonment in jail for a period of
not less than six months nor more than one year.
James v. State, 63 Md. 242. Rice v. State, ibid.

1888, art. 27, sec. 126. 1860, art. 30, sec. 60. 1829, ch. 136. 1842, ch. 190,

sec. 1. 1853, ch. 265, sec. 1. 1856, ch. 195, sec. 1. 1880, ch. 149.

1882, ch. 271.

209. Any owner, tenant or occupant of any building, house,
vessel or place, who shall knowingly permit any gaming table
to be kept in such building, house, vessel or place, or in any
part of any building, house, vessel or place owned or occupied
by him, or of which he is tenant, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to
a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, one-half to go to the
informer, or imprisonment in jail for a period of not less than
six mouths nor more than one year, or both fine and imprison-
ment in the discretion of the court.
Ibid.

Ibid. sec. 127. 1860, art. 30, sec. 61. 1813, ch. 84.

210. Any person who may lose money at a gaming table
may recover back the same as if it were a common debt, and
shall be a competent witness to prove the sum he lost; but no
person shall recover any money or other thing which he may
have won by betting at any game or by betting in any manner
whatsoever.

Gough v. Pratt, 9 Md. 526.

Ibid. sec. 128. 1860, art. 30, sec. 62. 1842, ch. 190, sec. 4.

1853, ch. 265, sec. 2.

211. All games, devices and contrivances at which money
or any other thing shall be bet or wagered shall be deemed a
gaming table within the meaning of sections 199, 200, 201,
208, 209 and 210.

Ibid. sec. 129. 1860, art. 30, sec. 63. 1853, ch. 265, sec. 2. 1900, ch. 348.

1904, ch. 183.

212. Any person who shall play for money or any other
thing the game called "Thimbles" or what is called the "Little
Joker" or at dice, or the game commonly called "Crap," or any