Lewis v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Covington. Tried before the Hon. John P. Hubbard. The appellant in this case was tried and convicted under an indictment which was in words and. figures as follows: “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment Ed Lewis bet at a game played with cards or dice, or some device or substitute for cards or dice at a tavern, inn, storehouse for retailing spirituous liquors, or house or place where spirituous…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Covington. Tried before the Hon. John P. Hubbard. The appellant in this case was tried and convicted under an indictment which was in words and. figures as follows: “The grand jury of said county charge that before the finding of this indictment Ed Lewis bet at a game played with cards or dice, or some device or substitute for cards or dice at a tavern, inn, storehouse for retailing spirituous liquors, or house or place where spirituous liquors were at the time sold, retailed, or given away, or in a public house, highway, or some other public place, or at an…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The testimony for the State tended to show that the defendant and two others, one of whom was the jailer, bet at a game played with cards, in a room *129on the lower floor of the county jail building; that the room in which said game took place was the second room from the back of the jail on the first floor; that the upper story of the building was the jail (or prison) ; there were dwelling rooms below, and that there was no fence or enclosure around the jail.
The evidence for defendant tended to show that he and the other persons mentioned as having played and bet at cards, did not so play or…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- McCormack v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
- State v. AlveyTexas Supreme Court · 1861
- Windham v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1855
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893