METCALF v. STATE


329 S.W.2d 824 (1959)

John METCALF and Alex Calhoun, v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

October 2, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Cunningham, Clarksville, for plaintiff in error.

William D. Grugett, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


TOMLINSON, Justice.

Metcalf and Calhoun were convicted of larceny by trick in "playing a game named Three Card Monte". Those who lost substaintial sums of money in playing this game with the defendants were three soldiers stationed at Fort Campbell. The insistence made on this appeal by these defendants is that the evidence is insufficient, as a matter of law, to sustain the conviction.

The evidence justifies the conclusion that gamblers, more or less professional...

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