Vaughn v. State

Carlisle, Judge.

W. M. Vaughn was tried and convicted in the City Court of Savannah on an accusation charging him with the maintaining, employing, and carrying on of a scheme and device for the hazarding of money known as bolita. He filed a motion for new trial on the general grounds which he amended by the addition of four special grounds, and the exception here is to the denial of that motion. While there was some conflict in the evidence, the jury was authorized to find that the defendant operated a confectionery with a beer parlor in the rear; that in the rear of the beer parlor was a door…