Ray v. State

This is a criminal prosecution for betting at a game with cards played at a public place, under section 3622 of the Revised Code. The count of the indictment on which the defendant below was found guilty is in these words : “ The grand jury aforesaid further charge, that, before the finding of this indictment, Ed. Ray bet fractional currency of the United States, of the denomination, to wit, twenty-five cents,- and of the value of twenty cents, at a game played with cards by said Ed. Ray, in a public place, contrary to law; against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.” This *173count…