Tennessee Supreme Court September 15, 1845 (State v. Kilgore)

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United States · · · 15-09-1845

Reese, J.

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant was indicted for a bet or wager upon the result of the late Presidential election. The indictment *45charged that defendant and the other party bet “goods, wares and merchandize, being valuable things;” the verdict was that he was guilty of “betting a suit of clothes.

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