McFarlin v. State

The evidence authorized the conviction of the defendant, and there was no error in refusing a new trial. The fact that one witness testified that the defendant was engaged, with others, in playing cards, and that money was upon the floor in front of them, and that the defendant had cards in his hands, and that he and all of the others, except one, fled when the witness approached, was sufficient to authorize the inference that the accused was gambling. Griffin v. State, 2 Ga. App. 534 (58 S. E. 781) ; Colbert v. State, 8 Ga. App. 407 (69 S. E. 315) ; Power v. State, 8 Ga. App. 408 (69 S. E.…