Blanton v. State

Indictment for keeping a billiard table for the purpose of gain. Trial by the Court with the consent of the parties upon the plea of not guilty. Judgment of conviction.

It was proved on the trial, that the defendant below was the keeper of a billiard table at the time and place laid in the indictment; that he did not play upon it himself for money, nor suffer others to do so, but allowed any persons to use it for amusement, for which he^ received a stipulated compensation per game.

It is contended, that upon this evidence the defendant should have been acquitted.

The prosecution is founded upon…