Lindsey v. State

PETEES, J

Arch Lindsey and several others were prosecuted by indictment in the circuit court of the county of Coffee, at the spring term thereof, in 1871. The indictment is in the form prescribed in the Revised Code against “ card playing at a public place.” — Rev. Code, § 8620; ib. p. 810, No. 27. The defendants,- in.' the court below, were tried by a jury on the plea of not guilty, and convicted, and fined in the sum of twenty dollars each; for which judgment was entered, and for costs. The parties found guilty were Archibald Lindsey, Alison Jeffcoat and Peter Harrison. There was a bill of…