Crosby v. State

The plaintiffs in error were convicted in the county court of Payne county on a charge of gambling and were each sentenced to pay a fine of $25 and to serve ten days in the county jail.

The evidence is brief, and in substance is that the plaintiffs in error were shooting craps on the floor of a shining parlor, and that certain officers came and the dice were thrown under a seat and some money on the floor was covered by the foot of one of the parties, but was discovered and was taken in charge by the officers. The proof of the actual playing of the game is largely circumstantial, although a…