Riggins v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Permitting Minor to Loiter About Poolroom. Appeal from Chilton Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Pearson. Newton Riggins was convicted of permitting a minor to loiter about a poolroom, and,he appeals. The evidence did not warrant a conviction under section 6292, Code 1907, and the court erred in refusing to direct a verdict for defendant.
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Permitting Minor to Loiter About Poolroom. Appeal from Chilton Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. W. W. Pearson. Newton Riggins was convicted of permitting a minor to loiter about a poolroom, and,he appeals. The evidence did not warrant a conviction under section 6292, Code 1907, and the court erred in refusing to direct a verdict for defendant. Under the evidence it was a question for the jury whether the defendant was guilty as charged, and the court properly submitted that question to them.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, P. J.-
“Any person operating or managing a billiard or pool table on which the public can play, whether for pay or not, who knowingly permits any minor, to play thereon, or loiter on the same premises, must, on conviction, be fined not less than-fifty dollars.” — Code, § 6992. The indictment in .this case charged the commission of the offense created by the statute just quoted. There was evidence tending to prove that one who- was a minor to the knowledge of the defendant was in the latter’s poolroom, in which the public played pool, with a cue in his hand and standing around the pool…
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