Clopton v. State

SAMFORD, Judge.

The defendant was charged by affidavit that he did bet at a game of cards or dice, or some device or substitute for cards or dice, at a tavern, inn, or in a public house, highway, or some other public place, or at an outhouse where people resorted.

The evidence for the State tended to prove that the place where the game of cards was being played was in the private residence of one of the players. The parties engaged in the game of cards or dice, etc., were friends and neighbors. There was no . evidence that the house where the playing was done was any one of the places…