State v. Stroupe

The defendants assign as Error No. One the refusal of the trial court to grant their motion for judgment of nonsuit made at the close of the State’s evidence, and assign as Error No. Two the refusal of the trial court to grant their motion for judgment of nonsuit renewed at the close of all the evidence.

The defendants contend that they were playing “Negro Pool”; that “Negro Pool” is a game of skill and not of chance, and that G.S. 14-292 has no application to games of skill. In their brief they state the question involved as to whether their motion for nonsuit should have been allowed “hinges…