Griffin v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of gaming, from city court of Fitzgerald — Judge Jay. June 22, 1908.
1Opinion of the CourtRussell, J.
In the court below the defendant was convicted upon an accusation of the offense of gaming. He moved for a new trial, upon the general grounds, and also upon the special ground that the prosecutor in the case entered the jury room while the jury were considering their verdict, and delivered to them a pack of playing cards.
While all the evidence of the defendant’s guilt is circumstantial and the case against him weak, still, under our ruling in the case of Griffin v. State, 2 Ga. App. 534 (58 S. E. 781), we can not say a verdict of guilty was unauthorized by the' evidence:
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Griffin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
- Walker v. HunterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1855
- Killen v. SistrunkSupreme Court of Georgia · 1849
3Cited by7 opinions
- Reaves v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1978
- Morakes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1946
- Abbott v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1919
- Gordon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1913
- Renfroe v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1913
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