State v. Lowry
Supreme Court of Alabama
Eeom tbe Circuit Court of Bibb. .• Tried before tbe Hon. Robeet Dousheety. The indictment in this case was in tbe general form allowed by the Code,.and tbe facts disclosed by the bill of exceptions are as follows: “That tbe defendant and one Carson, within 'twelve months before the finding of the indictment, played a game with cards in the back room of a house on the road near the public bridge over the Cahaba river in said county; that there were two rooms in said house,…
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Eeom tbe Circuit Court of Bibb. .• Tried before tbe Hon. Robeet Dousheety. The indictment in this case was in tbe general form allowed by the Code,.and tbe facts disclosed by the bill of exceptions are as follows: “That tbe defendant and one Carson, within 'twelve months before the finding of the indictment, played a game with cards in the back room of a house on the road near the public bridge over the Cahaba river in said county; that there were two rooms in said house, one fronting the public road which passed over said bridge, and the other in the back part of the house; that said rooms…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, C. J.
If the front room of the house, in which the playing at cards occurred for which the defendant is indicted, is within the prohibition of section 8243 of the Code, it is clear, upon the evidence and the former decisions of this court, that the back room is also within the prohibition. — Johnson v. The State, 19 Ala. R. 521; Brown v. The State, 21 ib. 41; Huffman v. The State, at the present term.
The main question, therefore, in this case, is, whether the front room is within the prohibition. If the house was merely the private residence of the keeper of the public toll-bridge, it is not within…
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