Case Name: The State vs. James Worth
Court: Chatham Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1811-01
Citations: 1 Charlton 5
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State vs. James Worth.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of Decisions Made in the Superior Courts of the Eastern District of Georgia
Volume: 1
Pages: 5–5

Head Matter:
The State vs. James Worth.
Indictment for a nuisance in keeping a Gambling House, verdict ' for the State, and motion for a New Trial.
On an indictment for keeping a common gambling house, presumptive evidence that the defendant is the keeper of the house is sufficient to convict.

Opinion:
55y ]S22I&££jnE¡]¥9 Judge»
THE ground of the motion for a New Trial in this case is, that the verdict is contradictory to evidence.
Under this general notice, two questions were presented to the consideration of the Court; the first of which having been dii£ posed of in deciding on the motion in the preceding case need not here be repeated.
The second point is that the defendant was not proven to be the owner, the occupier or the lessee of the house.
Upon this question I adhere to the opinion given on the trial, that there was sufficient evidence to authorize the Jury to draw the inference which they did, that the defendant was one of the keepers of this house. That independently of the provisions of the Stat 25, Geo. 2, this must always from the very nature of the thing, have been a question of inference, and one in relation to which positive proof on the part of the State could neither be expected, nor required.
The application for a new trial is therefore refused.