Russell v. State

The defendant is indicted for card-playing, in violation of the provisions of section 4207 of the Code (1876). The evidence shows that the playing was done at night, in a room occupied by a guest, or boarder, at a tavern kept by one Watson as proprietor. This room was part of a small tenement, situated about eighty or ninety feet from the tavern, on a separate lot, which was, however, the property of Watson, although it had never before been used as a place in which to lodge guests. It is clear that, under the evidence set out in the bill of exceptions, this room was apjpurtencmt to the…