State v. Blanchard

An indictment was returned by the grand jury in the Circuit Court of Jackson County charging the defendants with setting up and keeping gambling devices, in violation of Section 3537, Revised Statutes 1919. On the trial, April 11, 1929, the defendants were found guilty, each by a separate verdict, and punishment assessed against each at six months’ imprisonment in the county jail. All the defendants appealed.

I. The verdicts were returned April 11, 1929, and the record shows defendants filed their motion for new trial April 17, 1929. April 11th was Thursday, and April 17th was the Wednesday…