Polk v. State

Appellants, Ernest Polk, Robert House, James Elliot, Willie Johnson, and Tom Graham, were convicted of a misdemeanor, gambling, in the court of a justice of the peace of Forrest county. From that judgment they appealed to the county court where there was a trial de novo, resulting in a verdict and judgment of guilty. From that judgment they appealed to the circuit court where the judgment of the county court was affirmed. The appeal to this court was allowed by the circuit judge under the authority of section 705 of the Code of 1930 upon the ground that in the determination of the case a…