Legal Opinion

Davis v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 17, 1905Published

Accusation of gaming. Before Judge Spence. Worth superior court. April 25, 1905.

1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.

1. Evidence that the accused, with ten or twelve others, was seen at night sitting around a box in a house, that some of these persons were engaged in playing cards, that the accused had cards in his hand, that when discovered they all ran, and that afterwards money was found on the box, was sufficient to authorize the conviction of the accused for gaming. Harmon v. State, 120 Ga. 197; Frost v. State, 120 Ga. 311.

2. The instructions with reference to circumstantial evidence and the rules to be applied in cases of conflict in the testimony were correct. If any fuller instructions as to these…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Frost v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  2. Harmon v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904

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