Ferguson v. State

The plaintiffs in error, hereinafter called defendants, were convicted in the county court of Payne county on a charge of gambling, and were each sentenced to pay a fine of $50, and in addition the defendant Jim Ferguson was sentenced to serve 30 days in the county jail.

At the time charged, the sheriff and two deputies, with a search warrant, went to the residence of one Hall. They forced their way into the house and found a crap table and cloth, designated a dice blanket, with numbers on it, a dice cup and dice, and 65 cents in money. One witness testified that, as they entered the house,…