VENABLE v. STATE


362 S.W.2d 222 (1962)

Elmer VENABLE, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 9, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. O. Jewell, Chattanooga, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Thomas E. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for the State.


TOMLINSON, Special Justice.

This appeal in error comes from a conviction of Venable of professional gambling, a felony denounced by Section 39-2032 T.C.A. et seq. He was found guilty of conducting, or participating in, a numbers game, to-wit:—a Butter and Egg and, or stock lottery: 39-2033(3).

Venable was watched by the attorney general and a deputy sheriff of Hamilton County rather closely from June 27, 1961 until the date of his arrest on August 11...

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