Huffman v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Fbom tbe Circuit Court of Coosa. Tried before the Hon. E. W. Pettus. The bill of exceptions in tbis case is as follows: “On the trial of this case, the State introduced a witness named Spigener, who testified, that the defendant, with four other persons, played at a game with cards in this county, within one month before the finding of the indictment; that the playing took place at a house in Buyckville, consisting of four rooms, two in the main body of the building, and two…
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Fbom tbe Circuit Court of Coosa. Tried before the Hon. E. W. Pettus. The bill of exceptions in tbis case is as follows: “On the trial of this case, the State introduced a witness named Spigener, who testified, that the defendant, with four other persons, played at a game with cards in this county, within one month before the finding of the indictment; that the playing took place at a house in Buyckville, consisting of four rooms, two in the main body of the building, and two shed-rooms; that the largest room was, at the time of the playing, used as a retail dry-goods store; that the room in…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This case bas twice before been in this court; and the decisions heretofore made must be the law of it, until it is finally disposed of. The facts of the case are now, in every material particular, the same which were presented in the previous bills of exceptions; and an affirmance of the judgment of the court below is inevitable.
The fact that the room in which the gaming occurred, was used by one of the proprietors of the store, a single man, engaged in the business of the store, as a bed-room, and was used for no other pui’pose, does not so disconnect that room from the adjoining room, in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Huffman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1856
- Huffman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1856
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