Any person who might be subject or liable to the fines and penalties imposed herein, either for gaming at or keeping a gaming table or tables, shall, upon being permitted by the circuit solicitor to become evidence in behalf of the State, be freed and exonerated from the same.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 16-513; 1952 Code Section 16-513; 1942 Code Section 1744; 1932 Code Section 1744; Cr. C. '22 Section 726; Cr. C. '12 Section 711; 1909 (26) 67.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 19 - Gambling And Lotteries
Section 16-19-10. Setting up lotteries.
Section 16-19-20. Adventuring in lotteries.
Section 16-19-30. Selling lottery tickets.
Section 16-19-40. Unlawful games and betting.
Section 16-19-50. Keeping unlawful gaming tables.
Section 16-19-70. Keeping gaming tables open or playing games on the Sabbath.
Section 16-19-80. Forfeiture of wagers.
Section 16-19-90. Betting on elections.
Section 16-19-100. Imprisonment in case of conviction.
Section 16-19-110. Exoneration for becoming State's evidence.
Section 16-19-120. Officers shall destroy gambling devices after confiscation.
Section 16-19-130. Betting, pool selling, bookmaking and the like prohibited.
Section 16-19-140. Violation of Section 16-19-130 constitutes a nuisance.
Section 16-19-150. Punishment of offense covered by Section 16-19-40.