State v. Clark

By information filed in the district court of Madison county the defendants, seven in number, were charged with the offense of gambling. The trial resulted in separate verdicts of guilty. Judgments of conviction were subsequently entered on these verdicts. Motions for a new trial on behalf of four of the defendants were made, heard, and denied. The same defendants have appealed to this court from the judgments and order denying their motions for a new trial.

The evidence disclosed that the sheriff, undersheriff and county attorney visited a beer parlor conducted in the town of Ennis by Yic…