Randle v. State

The defendant was indicted for having, in the county of Galveston, on the 19th of March, 1874, established “ a lottery, under the name and denomination of ‘ The Galves- “ ‘ ton Gift Enterprise Association,’ for the purpose of dispos- “ ing of corporeal personal property, and money, by lottery.” The trial resulted in a verdict of guilty, and the assessment by the jury of a fine of one hundred dollars. The sufficiency of the law under which the defendant was indicted, was upheld in the case of The State v. Randle, decided at the last Austin term, and the questions now to be considered are those…