Pope against St. Leiger
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1794 |
| Date | 01 January 1794 |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
English Reports Citation: 87 E.R. 481
IN THE KING AND QUEEN'S BENCH.
MODERN REPORTS; or, SELECT CASES ADJUDGED in the COURTS of KING'S BENCH, CHANCERY, COMMON PLEAS, and EXCHEQUER. Volume the Fifth; being-, a Continuation of several SPECIAL CASES argued and adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, in the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Years of the Reign of KING WILLIAM the THIRD ; and JUDGMENTS thereupon : together with SPECIAL PLEADINGS to most of the Cases. The Fifth Edition, corrected. By THOMAS LEACH, Esq. of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law. 1794. michaelmas term. The Sixth of William and Mary. In the King and Queen's Bench. Sir John Holt, Knt., Chief Justice. Sir William Gregory, Knt., Sir Giles Eyre, Kut., Sir Samuel Eyres, Knt., Justices. Sir Edward Ward, Knt., Attorney General. Sir Thomas Trevor, Knt., Solicitor General. [1] case 3. pope against St. leiger. A declaration in an action of debt for a hundred guineas, on a wager concerning the manner of playing a cast at backgammon, viz. that if a player touches a man he is obliged to move it, to be decided by the groom-porter.-Clift. Ent. 200. 4 Mod. 409. 1 Salk. 344. Lutw. 484, 487. The terms of the wager reduced into writing. The groom-porter decides in favour of the plaintiff. The defendant makes defence and demands oyer of the writing which is read to him. The defendant then pleads in bar of the action the statute 16 Car. 2, c. 7, against excessive gaming. De murrer. Judgment for plaintiff. Writ of error. Qu,. If an action of debt will lie on a wager respecting the mode of playing backgammon, on a written agreement whereby the parties refer the decision to the gro&m-pwter, and one of them (the loser) binds himself in these words, " I do by these presents oblige myself, on the word and honour of a gentleman, to pay, &c."-S. C. 4 Mod. 409. S. C. 1 Lut. 484. S. C. N. Lut. 147. S. C. Salk. 344. S. C. Comb. 327. S. C. Skin. 572. S. C. Carth. 322. S. C. 12 Mod. 81. S. C. Holt, 550. Qu. If a declaration in debt for so many pieces of gold coin called guineas, of such a value, is good. -1 Salk. 9, 22, 25, 446. Pal. 407. 2 Keb. 463. Post, 7. Rast. Ent. 158 b. A K. B. xvt.-16 4S1 482 MICHAELMAS TERM, 6 WILLIAM AND MARY. IN B. R. 8 MOD. 2. deed entered of record, is parcel of the plea.-Cases in Law & Equity, 336. Ante, 2. If two persons play at backgammon, and one of them touch a tableman without making his move, a wager laid between the players " that by the laws of the game, whoever touches a 'man is obliged to play it," is not within the statute 16 Car. 2, c. 7, against gaming, for the wager was not on the game, but on the mode of playing it. -Post, 131, 175. 3 Lev. 118. 2 Vent. 175. 1 Salk. 484. 2 H. Bl. Rep. 43. 4 Com. Dig. "Justice of Peace" (B. 42). Esspinasse Dig. 19. 2 Bac. Abr. 623. Cowp. 281. 1 Terra Rep. 56. 2 Term Rep. 610, 616. 3 Term Rep. 693. 4 Term Rep. 1. Vide 2 Salk. 446. Ante, 5. I Salk. 9, 22, 25. How to declare on foreign coin.-Ante, 5. 8 Mod. 57, 187. Variance between the declaration and the writing on which the action is brought.-Cowp. 178. 3 Term Rep. 351. 4 Term Rep. 561. Middlesex, to wit.-Johannes St. Leiger nuper, &c. alias dictus, &c. summonitus fuit ad reapondend. Rogero Pope, armiger. de placito quod reddat ei centum et septeni libras et decem solitlos quos ei debet et injuste detinet, &e. Et unde idem Rogerus per A. B. attornatum suum dicit quod cum prsediet. J. St. Leiger et R. Pope octavo die Julii anno Domini 1691, apud parochiam Sancti Martini in Campis in com. Mid. latrunculis luser. ad ludum Anglice vocab. " Back-gammon." Cumq. ad ludura ilium prsed. Rogerus adtunc et ibidem uno jactu jecit quatuor super unam aleani, quatuor super alteram aleam Anglice " threw two fours." Cumque super inde prted. R. adtutic et ibidem tetigit et paulatim movit duos latrunculorum suorum illorum Anglice "two of his table-men " sed non amovit illos a statione sua Anglice "off from the point they stood on." Cumque super inde adtunc et ibidem pignore certat. fuit Auglice " a wager was laid" inter prsed. J. St. Leiger et prsefat. R. modo sequen. videlicet quod prted. R. solveret prsefat. Job. St. Leiger centum et quinquaginta numntos aureos Anglice vocat. "guineas" si praafat. R. tenebatur jure lusus illius amovere Anglice " to play " duos latrunculos illos quos ita movit; quodque proed. J. St. Leiger solveret praefat. Rogero centum nummos aureos si prsed. R. non tenebatur jure lusus illius amovere Anglice " to play" duos latrunculos illoa quos ita movit; et prsed. J. St. Leiger et R. adtunc et ibidem pro...
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