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COLBERT v. STATE

No. 4652.

238 S.W.2d 749 (1951)

COLBERT v. STATE.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

April 23, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ovid T. Switzer and W. P. Switzer, Crossett, for appellant.

Ike Murry, Atty. Gen, Arnold Adams, Asst. Atty. Gen, for appellee.

GRIFFIN SMITH, Chief Justice.

Appellant as the defendant below was tried on grand jury charges that he operated a gaming house, "in violation of Title 41-2001, Arkansas Statutes, 1947". Punishment was fixed by the jury at the minimum permitted by law. It is contended (a) that the gaming house in question was a stretch of woodland traversed by a railway used in hauling logs; (b) it was a mile from human habitation and inaccessible to automobiles; (c) the equipment...

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