Bradford v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Lawrence County Court. Heard before Hon. J. C. Kumpe. The defendant was tried and convicted for playing a game of cards or dice in a public place. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. (No brief came to the Reporter.) (No brief came to the Reporter.)
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
The defendant was tried and convicted by the county court of Lawrence county on an indictment for betting at a game played with cards in a public place. The indictment was found by the grand jury *120at the Spring term, 1905, of the circuit court of Lawrence county, and was by that court transferred to the county court under the statute. The trial was by the court without a jury.
Neither the act approved February 6, 1891, nor the act amendatory thereof, approved February 10, 1899 (Acts 1898-99, p. 836), conferring jurisdiction in such cases on the county court, authorizes us to review the…
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