Jackson v. State

Ike Jackson was tried and convicted in the Criminal Court of Fulton County, without the intervention of a jury, upon an accusation charging that he “did keep, maintain and operate a lottery known as the number game for the hazarding of money.” His petition for certiorari was overruled, and he excepted.

1. “The purpose of § 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…