Dohme v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Indictment. Verdict. Before Judge CLARK. City Court of Atlanta. March Term, 1881. An indictment was preferred against Dohme containing two counts. The first charged that “the said Robert Dohme, in the county aforesaid, on the first day of April, in the year of our Lord 1881, with force and arms did keep, have, use and maintain a gaming house, contrary to the laws, etc.” The second count charged that the defendant knowingly rented said house for gaming purposes.
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Criminal Law. Indictment. Verdict. Before Judge CLARK. City Court of Atlanta. March Term, 1881. An indictment was preferred against Dohme containing two counts. The first charged that “the said Robert Dohme, in the county aforesaid, on the first day of April, in the year of our Lord 1881, with force and arms did keep, have, use and maintain a gaming house, contrary to the laws, etc.” The second count charged that the defendant knowingly rented said house for gaming purposes. Defendant demurred to this indictment as insufficient to charge any offense and because no house was specified in which…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
The defendant was indicted for keeping a gaming house on two counts, one for keeping such a house, the other for renting rooms for the purpose of gaming.
He was found guilty, and on the denial of a new trial by the court excepted.
*3411. The demurrer was properly overruled. The description of the house, its locality, except that it be in the county, need not be set forth in the indictment; and it is sufficient in other respects to set the offense out so plainly that the charge may be easily understood by the jury. Code, §§4628, 16 Ga., 467; 25 Ib., 474; 33 Ind., 304; 2 Brev.,…
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