Dennis v. State

The defendant, Mattie Dennis, a married woman, was convicted of the operation of a lottery commonly denominated the “number game.” Exceptions were made on the general grounds only.

It was agreed by stipulation between counsel for the State and the defendant that on the day the accused was arrested there was in operation in Fulton County, Georgia, a lottery known as the “number game;,r and the manner in which the lottery was operated was detailed.

The evidence in effect was that the lottery tickets in question were found in two pocketbooks, together with $44.19 in one of them and $281 in the…