Jackson v. State

The purpose of section 26-6502 of the Code is “to suppress lotteries by making it an offense to maintain or carry on one, or to do any of the several acts entering- into the conduct of such a business; and the statute was framed, doubtless, with a view to reach all persons who might carry on, or participate in carrying on, the forbidden enterprise.” Walker v. State, 69 Ga. App. 375 (25 S. E. 2d, 587).

2. The defendant was found guilty of participating in a lottery known as the “number game.” The jury were authorized to find that the officer went to the home of the defendant and there found,…