Grimes v. State

RICE, JudgA

Statement of Facts

The appellant was indicted for and convicted of conducting a lottery and fined $200.

The evidence on behalf of the State tended to show that within twelve months before the finding of the indictment appellant was city manager of the moving picture theaters located in Tuscaloosa, Ala., being employed as such by the Alabama Theatres, Inc., and that one Whitney Echols was the house manager of the Ritz, working under the direction of the defendant, and that during the period of time within twelve months before the return of the indictment there had been conducted at…