Brown v. State

Eolkes, J,

Plaintiff in error was indicted and convicted for gambling, in that be “did bet and put at hazard upon a certain horse-race run upon a track not authorized by the laws of Tennessee-money of the value,” etc.

The case was tried, by consent, before the Judge of the Criminal Court, without a jury, who found the defendant guilty as charged, and imposed a fine of fifty dollars. Motion in arrest and for new trial being made and overruled, the defendant has appealed in error.

The record discloses the following facts: The defendant had taken out a license under the Act' of 1889, Cli. 180,…