Williams v. State

The three plaintiffs in error were each convicted on three separate presentments for gaming, the specific charges being unlawful betting, 'and encouraging and promoting unlawful betting, upon a horse-race run in the State of Kentucky. The cases were all heard together, before the Judge of the Criminal Court of Davidson County, without the intervention of a jury, and upon an agreed statement of facts. They were each found guilty in each case, and a fine was imposed in each case of $50. All have appealed.

The substance of the agreed state of facts, so far - as material to be set out, is as…