Thweatt v. State

The defendant was tried in the criminal court of Atlanta for violating the lottery laws of Georgia. The indictment contained two counts, and the jury found him guilty on both counts. Count 1 charged him with keeping, maintaining, and carrying on a lottery, by selling tickets which represented chances on prizes in the lottery, known and designated as “the number game.” Count 3 charged him with selling and furnishing to persons, whose names were unknown to the grand jury, for a valuable consideration, lottery tickets representing chances in a lottefy which was a scheme and device for the…