Thrower v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for maintaining a gaming-house. Before Judge Roan. Tulton superior court. May 30, 1903.
1Opinion of the Court
Lamar, J,
The defendant was indicted under the Penal Code, § 398 for “keeping a gaming-house,” and upon the trial was found guilty. It appears that he was the proprietor of what is called a “ turf exchange,” at which large numbers of persons daily congregated for the purpose of betting on horse-races, run in distant States, but reported at the exchange by telegraphic dispatches. The odds against every horse in any race were posted on a blackboard in the room. While not given in detail, we understand, from *754what is stated as to the method of posting, that the following would illustrate what is…
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