Guy garner and his six friends weren't out to cross the law last January when they sat down for their regular friendly game of poker in a cabin at the Chick-asaw State Park near Jackson, Tenn. Garner was the park's manager, after all, and his poker buddies included a retired cop and a school board member. So they were shocked when their game was raided and their $20 pot confiscated. These otherwise upstanding citizens found themselves embarrassed in the press, paraded in front of a Chester County Court judge and fined $50 each for violating Tennessee's prohibition on gambling. "We were cooking a stew and relaxing," said Garner. "It wasn't a big deal."
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