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A person having general charge and supervision of a place as an employe of a gaming house is regarded as the keeper.167
160 Bollinger vs. Com., 98 Ky., 574; Hughes Cr. Law, Sec. 2194.
161 Swigart vs. People, 154 Ill., 291; Shaffner vs. Pinchback, 133 Ill., 412; State vs. Folk, 66 Conn., 250; Robb vs. State, 52 Ind., 216.
162 Swigart vs. People, 154 Ill., 291.
163 Williams vs. State, 92 Tenn., 275; Debardlaben vs. State, 99 Tenn., 649. 164 Swigart vs. People, 154 I11., 295. 165 Kneffler vs. Com., 94 Ky., 359;
Thatcher vs. State, 48 Ark., 60. 166 14 Am. and Eng. Ency. Law, 698 (2nd Ed.).
An agent managing a gaming house for another is the keeper of the house;168 he need not be the owner or otherwise interested in the enterprise.169
So where a person has an interest in a gaming house he will be liable for keeping the place whether he is actually present or not.170
Therefore any person who in any manner aids or abets another in operating a gaming house is liable, such as furnishing machines used in gaming.171
 
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