Barber v. State

Barber, the plaintiff in error, was tried for the offense of gaming, upon an accusation preferred by one J. J. Dunagan. The accused introduced evidence to the effect that he went with one Collins to a held where Ira Ashley (with whom he was: accused of having gambled) was plowing, to see Ashley about buying a cow. Collins plowed in Ashley’s place while the defendant and Ashley walked over to a pasture and looked at the cow; and Collins testified, that the negro Ashley and Mr. Barber were not out of his sight while he was plowing; that they did not sit down or play any cards at all; that the…