Goldwire v. State

The defendants, Bennie Goldwire and Mildred Goldwire, were tried together under an accusation which charged that they “did unlawfully keep, maintain, employ and carry on a certain scheme and device for the hazarding of money other than a lottery, said scheme and device being known as and called 'Bolita’.” Both defendants were convicted. They made identical motions for a new trial, based upon the usual grounds and one special ground. The motions were overruled and the defendants excepted.

1. In special ground 1 of the motions for a new trial, error is assigned “because the court erred in…