Grant v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Indictment. Gaming. Jury. Witness. Evidence. Accomplice. Certiorari. Before Judge McWhorter. Hancock superior court. April term, 1892. Allen Grant was convicted in Hancock county court of betting and playing at cards.
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Criminal law. Indictment. Gaming. Jury. Witness. Evidence. Accomplice. Certiorari. Before Judge McWhorter. Hancock superior court. April term, 1892. Allen Grant was convicted in Hancock county court of betting and playing at cards. He took exceptions to the dismissal of Ms certiorari. 1. Error is assigned upon tbe overruling of his demurrer to the indictment, the ground being that it failed to allege that the money for which he played and bet was of any value, or what the value was. 2. The second alleged error is the overruling of the plea in abatement, as follows : When arrested on the…
1Opinion of the Court
*394 Judgment affirmed.
3. It is complained that the county judge pennitted John Sweet and William Warren, witnesses for the State, to testify, over defendant’s objection, after they had failed to regard the order for their sequestration. 4. The judge allowed John Sweet to testify, over defendant’s objection, that defendant, within two years next before the indictment, played cards for money at his own house with persons other than those named in the indictment. 5. The refusal of the judge to charge as follows is assigned as error: “If you believe from the evidence that any benefit or hope of…
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