If any person shall act as doorkeeper, guard or watch, or employ another person to act as such, for a keeper or exhibitor of any such gaming table, bank or device, or shall resist, or by any means or device, prevent, hinder or delay the lawful arrest of such keeper or exhibitor, or the seizure of the table, bank or device, or money exhibited or staked thereat, or shall unlawfully take the same from the person seizing it, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail not more than one year and be fined not exceeding $1,000.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment
Article 10. Crimes Against Public Policy
§61-10-2. Permitting Gaming Table or Device on Premises; Penalty
§61-10-5. Betting on Games of Chance; Furnishing Money or Thing of Value Therefor; Penalty
§61-10-6. Permitting Gaming at Hotels; Penalty
§61-10-7. Presumption Against Hotelkeeper
§61-10-8. Gaming at Outhouse of Hotel; Penalty
§61-10-9. Cheating at Gaming; Penalty
§61-10-10. Poolroom Defined; Selling Tickets and Chances in Lottery; Penalty
§61-10-11. Lotteries or Raffles; Penalty
§61-10-11a. “Policy” or “numbers”; Penalty
§61-10-11b. Possession of “policy” or “numbers” Slips Unlawful
§61-10-12. Proceeds of Lottery Forfeited to the State
§61-10-13. Associations and Companies Trading as Bank Without Authority of Law; Penalty
§61-10-14. Laws on Gaming, Lotteries and Unchartered Banks Remedial
§61-10-16. Picture or Theatrical Act Reflecting Upon Any Race or Class of Citizens; Penalty
§61-10-17. Lobbying on Floor of Legislature; Ejection of Lobbyist; Penalty; Jurisdiction
§61-10-19. Cornering Market in Foods or Other Necessities of Life; Penalty
§61-10-20. Failure of Employers to Provide Certain Benefits for Employees
§61-10-21. Unlawful Use of Prefix Doctor or Dr. Penalty
§61-10-22. Bribery of Participants in Professional or Amateur Games and Horse Racing; Penalty
§61-10-23. Debt Pooling; Definition; Offenses; Penalty; Jurisdiction; Pleading and Proof
§61-10-30. Open Water Wells Prohibited
§61-10-31. Conspiracy; Construction of Section; Penalties
§61-10-33. Prohibition Against Selling a Pure Caffeine Product