Bryant v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Keeping Gaming Table. Appeal from Jefferson Criminal Court. Heard before Hon. S. E. Greene. R. Leonard Bryant was convicted of keeping a gaming table, and be appeals. (This cause was reviewed by the Supreme Court on certiorari to the Court of Appeals, and a writ was denied.
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Keeping Gaming Table. Appeal from Jefferson Criminal Court. Heard before Hon. S. E. Greene. R. Leonard Bryant was convicted of keeping a gaming table, and be appeals. (This cause was reviewed by the Supreme Court on certiorari to the Court of Appeals, and a writ was denied. See 193 Ala. .673, 69 South. 1017; — Reporter.) The evidence for the state tended to show a raid by certain police officers, and the finding by them of a game of craps or dice going on at a table in the shape of tables usually kept in gambling houses, with a negro in charge who was taking out for the house. When they…
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, J.(1) There being evidence in the case from which the jury might have inferred the defendant’s guilt, and sufficient prima facie to overcome the presumption of innocence, the court committed no error in refusing the affirmative charge requested by the defendant.—Jones v. State, 90 Ala. 630, 8 South. 383, 24 Am. St. Rep. 850; Robinson v. State, 8 Ala. App. 435, 62 South. 372; Minto v. State, 8 Ala. App. 306, 62 South. 376; Fulton v. State, 8 Ala. App. 257, 62 South. 959.(2) Charges 341, 5, and K were properly refused, besides being covered by given charge G.—A. G. S. R. R. Co. v.…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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