Jones v. State

— The defendant was indicted for gaming at one of the places prohibited by law. It was proved, “ that he and another,' within twelve months before the finding of the indictment, at a store-house for the retailing of spirituous liquors in the county of Pickens, each put up money, and threw dice for it, by placing the dice in a box and throwing three times each, — the one throwing the highest number taking the money. It was shown, that the mode of procedure and. o’f throwing the dice was the same as .in the case of raffling for property.” The court charged, that if the jury believed the…