Wilson v. State

The defendant, Katie Wilson, was indicted for the commission of the misdemeanor of unlawfully keeping, maintaining, employing, and carrying on a certain scheme and device, other than a lottery, for the hazarding of money, said scheme and device being known as and called “clearing house.” The jury returned a verdict of guilty and the judge pronounced sentence upon the defendant. The defendant filed a motion for new trial. The motion was overruled and denied, on which ruling the defendant' assigns error based on the general grounds only.

The defendant sets up the defense that the alleged…