State v. Howery
State v. Howery
Opinion of the Court
Appellant was indicted for the keeping of a cue alley table for the purpose of gaming. In the second count of the indictment it was perhaps intended to charge him with exhibiting a cue alley table at his saloon for gaming, and that the table
The only ground of the motion fora new trial is because the verdict was contrary to the law and the evidence.
The law applicable to the case was fairly presented to the jury by the court, and it was a question for the jury whether the defendant was guilty of the charge in the indictment, giving him the benefit of any reasonable doubt, as stated by the court. Ho further charge was asked by the defendant, and no error has been pointed out to the prejudice of the defendant in the verdict of the jury or the judgment of the court, and the same is therefore affirmed.
Affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- State v. F. Howery
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- 1 case
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- Published
- Syllabus
- Keeping a table for the purpose of gaming.—On a trial upon an indictment lor “ keeping a cue alley table tor the purpose of gaming,” evidence that money, alley fees, or other things of value were bet on the cue alley, may properly be admitted, without further allegations descriptive of the offense.