Miller v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Iu error from the circuit court of Attala county. lion. E. G. Henry, J. The record of this case presents two questions. First, upon the bill of exceptions; and second, upon the motion in arrest of judgment. • In the court below defendant was on trial, under an indict,ment for gaming, which charged that on the 28th day of October, A. D. 1856, he made abet on the Presidential election, to be held on the 4th of November, and the proof was, that the defendant, on the 6th day of…
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Iu error from the circuit court of Attala county. lion. E. G. Henry, J. The record of this case presents two questions. First, upon the bill of exceptions; and second, upon the motion in arrest of judgment. • In the court below defendant was on trial, under an indict,ment for gaming, which charged that on the 28th day of October, A. D. 1856, he made abet on the Presidential election, to be held on the 4th of November, and the proof was, that the defendant, on the 6th day of November, A. D. 1856, after the election mentioned in the indictment had been held, made the bet mentioned. Upon this…
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, C. J.:
This was a conviction, in the circuit court of Attala, for betting on an election. The indictment under which the defendant 'was tried, charged that said defendant, “ on the 28th day of October, 1856, bet a fifty-dollar bank note against a horse, with one M. 0. Sharkey, upon the result of a certain election, to be held on the 4th day of November, A. D. 1856, in the state of Kentucky, for “ Presidential electors,” etc. On the trial, it was proved that the bet was made on the 5th or 6th day of November, 1856, and, of course, after the Presidential election had been held in the*…
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