Frost v. State

The defendant -was indicted for the offense of playing and betting at cards. The evidence disclosed that in a certain house one of the persons named in the indictment was lying on the floor, supported on his elbows, with his head from under the bed, shuffling a deck of cards. The others were arranged around in a circle, in the center of which was thirty or forty cents in nickels. The defendant was included among those who were in ° the circle, and was on his knees. This was the tableau which met the gaze of the police officer and another person who was with him, when, without warning, they…