Paoetti v. State
| Court | Supreme Court of Georgia |
| Writing for the Court | Bleckley, C. J |
| Citation | 7 S.E. 867,82 Ga. 297 |
| Parties | Paoetti v. State. |
| Decision Date | 05 November 1888 |
Paoetti
v.
State.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
November 5, 1888.
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 barrels
[7 S.E. 868]and 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...
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