Thompson v. State

delivered the opinion of the Court. ■

The plaintiff in error was convicted of promoting gaming and his punishment fixed at a fine of $575 and a jail sentence of nine months.

It is assigned as error that there is no evidence to support the verdict and that the evidence preponderates in favor of the innocence of the plaintiff in error. The plaintiff in error did not take the stand and offered no evidence. The ease made by the State is as follows: The officers went to the store described in the warrant for the *114purpose of executing a search warrant for intoxicating liquors. When they arrived, one…