Atkins v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM KNOX. Appeal in error from the Criminal Court of Knox County. T. A. R. Nelson, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtCaldwell, J.
Martin Atkins was presented, tried, and convicted, in the Criminal Court of Knox County, for unlawful gaming. The presiding Judge fined him §2.50, and he appealed in error.
On the trial below it was unmistakably shown that the plaintiff in error had been engaged, for some time, in the operation of a gaming device, known as “a six wheel.” Testifying in his own behalf, he said: “I was working for T. M. Smart. He gave me §2.00 a day to run his wheel for him. He had a license to run a six wheel. This was a six wheel. Smart made his living by running this wheel. The numbers were from one to six. If…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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