Parker v. State

The plaintiff in error was indicted for gaming. The only material testimony in behalf of the State was delivered by one Rucker, who was a codefendant. His testimony, if believed, .authorized the conclusion that the defendant on trial was guilty. His testimony was, that the .defendant played and bet for money, and continued to do so after Sam Oglesby and Freeman Jones got there. .He testified, moreover, that he was one of the defendants charged, jointly with Parker and others, with gaming; that he had never been tried, and that nothing had ever been said about trying him; that he had no…