Legal Opinion

Ex parte Williams

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 26, 1955No. 27,678Published

1Opinion of the Court

DAVIDSON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted under an information alleging, in three separate counts, a violation, upon three different occasions, of the policy-game statute (Art. 642c, Vernon’s P.C.). In addition to a fine, the punishment assessed by the jury’s verdict was six months’ confinement in jail under each count.

Upon that verdict, the trial court (County Court at Law No. 3. of Harris County) duly entered judgment finding appellant *319guilty of the three separate offenses and fixed the term of confinement in jail at eighteen months.

An appeal was duly perfected to this court from that…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Abston v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1952
  2. Ex Parte BanksCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
  3. Palma v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1953

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