Williams v. State

Ella Williams was convicted in the criminal court of Fulton County of operating a lottery, known as the “number game.” The evidence for the State authorized the judge (who was presiding without a jury) to find that on the date alleged in the accusation such a lottery was being operated in Fulton County; that on that date the accused was found in her house with an. original lottery book on her knee in which she was writing; that the book was open at ticket No. 906-3, and that on page 46 of the book were indications that “writer B-16” had sold a ticket to a player who had guessed that 994 would…