Stevenson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Charge of court. New trial. Criminal law. Gaming. Landlord and tenant. Evidence. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. June term, 1889. Robert Stevenson was indicted for keeping a gaming-house. The State’s testimony was to the following effect: Defendant and others were arrested by the police in a room back of defendant’s storage-room. Some of them, including defendant,"were playing cards, and he had cards in his hands. He had a bar-room in front of his storage-room.
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Charge of court. New trial. Criminal law. Gaming. Landlord and tenant. Evidence. Before Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. June term, 1889. Robert Stevenson was indicted for keeping a gaming-house. The State’s testimony was to the following effect: Defendant and others were arrested by the police in a room back of defendant’s storage-room. Some of them, including defendant,"were playing cards, and he had cards in his hands. He had a bar-room in front of his storage-room. He and the others were sitting at a table which had a blanket on it, and he had thirty or forty chips, two stacks,…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
1. The charge of the court touching the effect of evidence as to the general character of the accused, tested by Shropshire v. The State, 81 Ga. 589, is not accurate, but under the evidence in this case, the deviation from accuracy is not sufficiently material to require or justify a reviewing court in ordering a new trial.
2. That part of the charge which would seem to imply that a single instance of gaming in the house would impress it with the character of a gaming-house, was given while the court was dealing with the question of control over the room,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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