Paoetti v. State

Citation7 S.E. 867,82 Ga. 297
PartiesPaoetti v. State.
Decision Date05 November 1888
CourtSupreme Court of Georgia

Gaming—Evidence.

Evidence that defendant had the doors of his sleeping apartment "blanketed, " invited his friends there at night to drink, and kept in the room, besides barrelsand bottles, a table suitable for gaming, together with 11 packs of cards, and 2 boxes of " chips, " and that some of the guests hid themselves, when surprised by the police at a time when the rattle of "chips" and money was heard, is sufficient to sustain a conviction for keeping a gaming-house.

Error from city court of Atlanta; Van Epps, Judge.

Indictment for keeping a gaming-house. Defendant found guilty, and brings error.

Hinton P. Wright and R. J. Jordan, for plaintiff. F. M. O' Bryan, for the State.

Bleckley, C. J. A social, genial gentleman, fond of company and a glass, by occupation a cigar-maker, who keeps his sleeping apartment with the doors "blanketed, " in a fit condition for privately gaming therein, and who invites his friends at night to refresh themselves with beer, but has in the room, besides barrels and bottles, a table suitable for gaming, together with II packs of cards, and 2 boxes of "chips, " one containing 80 chips and the other 300, and a memorandum book with names and numbers entered in it, and whose guests, or some of them, retire hurriedly under the bed on being surprised by a visit from the police at 1 o'clock in the morning, may or may not be guilty of the offense of keeping a gaming-house. A verdict of guilty, based on these and other inculpatory facts, such as the rattle of chips and money, and some expressions about $7 and $12, heard by the police on approaching the premises, is warranted by the evidence, and is not contrary to law. Judgment affirmed.

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  • Sterling, Application of
    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals
    • February 9, 1965
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    • California Court of Appeals
    • June 22, 1965
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  • People v. Hen Chin
    • United States
    • California Court of Appeals
    • November 2, 1956
    .... Page 18. 303 P.2d 18. 145 Cal.App.2d 583. The PEOPLE of the State of California, Plaintiff and Respondent,. v. Rudy HEN CHIN, Defendant and Appellant. Cr. 3219. District Court of Appeal, First District, Division 1, ......
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    • United States
    • United States Court of Appeals (Georgia)
    • October 3, 1907
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