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This collection consists of twelve documents from the Spencer County, Indiana, Circuit Court produced between 1836 and 1841 regarding the legal punishment of gamblers in the county. Men were fined for playing and betting on card games, shooting at marks, and in one instance making wagers on the outcome of an election. Several of the documents are partially printed with blank areas to fill in the defendants' names, dates, what illicit gambling took place, and the sums of the bets, including one instance in which a pair of boots were wagered.

This collection consists of twelve documents from the Spencer County, Indiana, Circuit Court produced between 1836 and 1841 regarding the legal punishment of gamblers in the county. Men were fined for playing and betting on card games, shooting at marks, and in one instance making wagers on the outcome of an election. Several of the documents are partially printed with blank areas to fill in the defendants' names, dates, what illicit gambling took place, and the sums of the bets, including one instance in which a pair of boots were wagered. The descriptor of the defendant as a "laborer" is printed, however, suggesting a presumption about the economic status of those participating in the gambling.

This collection consists of twelve documents from the Spencer County, Indiana, Circuit Court produced between 1836 and 1841 regarding the legal punishment of gamblers in the county. Men were fined for playing and betting on card games, shooting at marks, and in one instance making wagers on the outcome of an election. Several of the documents are partially printed with blank areas to fill in the defendants' names, dates, what illicit gambling took place, and the sums of the bets, including one instance in which a pair of boots were wagered.

This collection consists of twelve documents from the Spencer County, Indiana, Circuit Court produced between 1836 and 1841 regarding the legal punishment of gamblers in the county. Men were fined for playing and betting on card games, shooting at marks, and in one instance making wagers on the outcome of an election. Several of the documents are partially printed with blank areas to fill in the defendants' names, dates, what illicit gambling took place, and the sums of the bets, including one instance in which a pair of boots were wagered. The descriptor of the defendant as a "laborer" is printed, however, suggesting a presumption about the economic status of those participating in the gambling.