Case Name: Cooper v. The State
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1911-10-23
Citations: 9 Ga. App. 877
Docket Number: 3688
Parties: Cooper v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 9
Pages: 877–877

Head Matter:
3688.
Cooper v. The State.
Decided October 23, 1911.
Accusation of gaming; from city court of Ocilla — Judge Oxford. July 24, 1911.
Mewbern <£• Meeks, for plaintiff in error.
H. J. Quincey, solicitor, contra.

Opinion:
Hill, C. J.
An accusation which, charges, in the alternative, that -on a certain clay the accused "did play and bet for money, or other thing of value, at a game played with cards," is bad, and should have been quashed on special demurrer. Haley v. State, 124 Ga. 216 (52 S. E. 195).
Judgment reversed.