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Thomas v. State

45 S.E. 622, 118 Ga. 774, 1903 Ga. LEXIS 694
CourtSupreme Court of Georgia
DecidedOctober 29, 1903
StatusPublished
Cited by22 cases

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Thomas v. State, 45 S.E. 622, 118 Ga. 774, 1903 Ga. LEXIS 694 (Ga. 1903).

Opinion

Lamar, J.

Thomas was indicted for keeping, maintaining, and carrying oh a certain scheme or device for the hazarding of money, known as a “ policy lottery.” He was found guilty, and made a motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was without evidence to support it. It appears that when the defendant was arrested by the officers he was alone in a room in which were found books, numbers, and the paraphernalia used for waiting “ policies.” When asked by the deputy sheriff why he did not stop the business, he said, “I am here waiting in another boy’s place; lam not the man who runs the place.” In his statement he claimed that he was a hotel waiter, but gave no other explanation of his presence in the house. As clerks and others who assist the manager of the scheme are to be treated as principals, and as he appeared to be in control of what he admitted was a “ policy shop,” and claimed that he was waiting in some one else’s place, there was enough evidence to support a verdict of guilty. As the statute makes penal the keeping, maintaining, or carrying on such a device, it was sufficient to show the keeping or maintenance of such a scheme, without going further and proving an actual drawing. While the indictment charged the defendant with doing each of the prohibited acts, proof that he was guilty of any one would be sufficient to warrant his conviction. Cody v. State, post, 784; Penal Code, § 407.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

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