Hendricks v. State

0. H. Hendricks was convicted in the criminal court of Fulton County of operating a lottery known as the “number game.” He obtained a writ of certiorari from a judge of the superior court, and on the hearing thereof the certiorari was overruled, and that judgment is assigned as error in the bill of exceptions.

The evidence shows that certain officers went to an apartment in a house in Atlanta, at about 1 p. m. on February 7, 1942, and found inside three men, Bonnie South, Charlie Thrasher, and the defendant. A quantity of lottery tickets was burning in the fireplace, and in the room was a book…