Williams v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to Hinds circuit court. Coaltee, J. At the June term, 1845, of the circuit court of Hinds county, the grand jury indicted Sidney S. Erwin and Daniel O. Williams, for betting two hundred dollars on the result of the presidential election, which took place on the first Wednesday in December, 1844. The case was dismissed as to Erwin, and in November, 1846, a trial was had on the plea of not guilty by Williams.
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Error to Hinds circuit court. Coaltee, J. At the June term, 1845, of the circuit court of Hinds county, the grand jury indicted Sidney S. Erwin and Daniel O. Williams, for betting two hundred dollars on the result of the presidential election, which took place on the first Wednesday in December, 1844. The case was dismissed as to Erwin, and in November, 1846, a trial was had on the plea of not guilty by Williams. It was proved by Samuel H. Charles, that some weeks previous to the presidential election of 1844, he had been requested by Williams to effect a bet’ for him with Erwin on the result…
1Opinion of the Court
Thacher, J.:
This is an indictment framed under the act of February, 1839, entitled, “ An act farther to discourage and suppress gaming.” Hutch. Code, 951, Art. 11.
The indictment charges that Daniel O. Williams did wager and bet with, and against one Sidney S. Erwin, the sum of two hundred dollars, upon the result of an election of a president of the United States of America, had and held on the first Wednesday in the month of December, a. d. 1844.
The evidence of Samuel H. Charles, established that some weeks previous to said election, he was requested by Williams to efiect a bet for him with…
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