Georgia Code
Part 1 - Gambling
§ 16-12-29. Competent Witnesses

On the trial of any person for violating Code Section 16-12-21, 16-12-22, 16-12-23, or 16-12-24, any other person who may have played and bet at the same time or table shall be a competent witness.
History. Laws 1833, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, pp. 815, 816.; Code 1863, § 4428; Code 1868, § 4469; Code 1873, § 4545; Code 1882, § 4545; Penal Code 1895, § 404; Penal Code 1910, § 395; Code 1933, § 26-6407; Code 1933, § 26-9907, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1969, p. 857, § 15.
Cross references.
Competency of witnesses generally, § 24-6-601 et seq.
Law reviews.
For note discussing organized crime in Georgia with respect to the application of state gambling laws, and suggesting proposals for combatting organized crime, see 7 Ga. St. B.J. 124 (1970).

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