Jones v. State

In one of these cases the defendant was convicted of gaming; in the other, of carrying a concealed pistol. The *804accusations were dated August 7, 1909, and charged the offenses as having been committed on February 15, 1907, but further recited that from that date until August 7, 1909, the defendant had “so concealed himself that he could not be arrested.” The proof was that on February 15, 1907, the defendant and several others were seen by a constable, playing and betting with cards and money. He arrested them and took them before a magistrate and had a warrant issued for them. On the way to…