Washington v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of gaming; from city court of Newnan—-Judge Post. December 10, 1918. The instructions referred to in paragraph 1 of the decision were as follows: “I charge you that if you believe from the testimony that the accused, with six or eight or whatever number the evidence may disclose in this case, were seen at a secluded place, sitting around in a circle, and that you further find that they were engaged in playing cards, and that one of the party was heard to remark…
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Accusation of gaming; from city court of Newnan—-Judge Post. December 10, 1918. The instructions referred to in paragraph 1 of the decision were as follows: “I charge you that if you believe from the testimony that the accused, with six or eight or whatever number the evidence may disclose in this case, were seen at a secluded place, sitting around in a circle, and that you further find that they were engaged in playing cards, and that one of the party was heard to remark about $5, that is insisted was done in the game, and that all fled upon the approach of the arresting officers, and that a…
1Opinion of the CourtStephens, J.
1. Evidence that the defendant and others were seen at a secluded spot in the woods, sitting around in a circle, where cards were being dealt by one of them to the others, although he was not seen with any cards in his hands and was not seen to handle any money, and that upon the approach of the officers he and the others ran, leaving money and cards upon the ground, was sufficient to authorize his conviction of plying and betting for money at a game played with cards; and the trial judge did not err in charging the jury as set out in the 1st ground of the amendment to the motion for a new…
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