Gibson v. State

1. (a) The defendant was convicted of gambling in a game generally known as bolita. He filed his motion for a new trial on the usual general grounds and thereafter amended by adding five special grounds. The court overruled his motion and he assigns error here.

The evidence was conflicting, the State, on the one hand, contending that the defendant was in possession of bolita tickets *28which he had in his pocket and which he threw away .after the officers began chasing him. The defendant’s contention, on the other hand, was that he did not throw away any bolita tickets; that he did not possess…