Debardelaben v. State

Debardelaben was presented, tried, convicted, and fined, in the Criminal Court of Knox County, for betting on a horse race while without the inclosure within which the race was run. He has appealed in error, and asks a reversal of the judgment.

Debardelaben was the proprietor of a poolroom, kept and operated for the purpose of betting on horse races. He conducted this business in the city of Knoxville, under a license issued to him by the municipal authorities, and in the belief that the license made his business lawful. In May, 1897, while in his poolroom at Knoxville, with the usual display…