Supreme Court of Alabama June 15, 1871 (Boyd & Jackson v. State)

PETEBS, J.

The appellants, who were defendants in the court, below, were indicted at the February term, 1871, of the city court of Montgomery, for setting up and carrying on a lottery without the legislative authority of the State. The indictment was returned into court on the 17th day of March, 1871. On the trial below, the defendants were found guilty and fined one hundred dollars.