Legal Opinion

Bluhakis v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 18, 1916No. 7341PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Accusation of keeping gaming house; from city court of Savannah — Judge Davis Freeman. March 1, 1916.

1Opinion of the CourtWade, J.

1. “Where an indictment covered not only the keeping of a gaming-house, but knowingly permitting persons to come together and play for money at prohibited games in a house or room occupied by the accused, and where the evidence disclosed a single instance of gaming, but no more than one, a conviction could be had whether this constituted the house a gaming-house or not.” Bell v. State, 92 Ga. 49 (18 S. E. 186). Though proof of a single act or instance of gaming • in a house or room will not alone constitute the place a gaming-house or room (White v. State, 115 Ga. 570, 41 S. E. 986), “yet…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Sutton v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Bashinski v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  3. Bell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
  4. Dohme v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882
  5. White v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Wood v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1956
  2. Sheppard v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1955
  3. Marano v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952

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