Harlan v. State

— This is an action instituted in the court of a justice of the peace by filing an affidavit in three counts charging the appellants with keeping a devise for gaming, with raffling, and with gaming. The affidavit was filed on September 5, 1919. The defendants were arrested and brought before the justice of the peace. The cause was then continued until September 8, 1919, when upon a plea of “not guilty” the defendants were tried by jury, which returned a verdict as follows: “We, the jury disagree, Fred Hall, Foreman.” The jurors were discharged and a new trial date set for September 27, 1919,…