Sanchez v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before the Honorable W. S. Anderson. Appeal from a conviction of keeping and being interested in keeping a gambling place, etc.; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Bexar. Tried below before the Honorable W. S. Anderson. Appeal from a conviction of keeping and being interested in keeping a gambling place, etc.; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Leaving out formal parts of the indictment, the same charge in the second count thereof that “Plantón Sanchez did unlawfully and knowingly permit a building, room, and place which was then and there under the control of him, the said Plantón Sanchez, to be used as a place to bet, wager, and gamble with cards and dice and as a place where people resorted for the…
1Opinion of the Court
LATTIMORE, Judge.
Appellant was convicted in the 37th District Court of Bexar County of keeping a place for the purpose of being used as a place to bet, wager and gamble with cards and dice, and his punishment fixed at two years in the penitentiary.
In a motion to quash appellant insisted that the allegation that the house in question was situated in Bexar County, was not sufficient. There were two counts in the indictment submitted to the jury which are an exact copy of those set out in Rasor v. State, 57 Texas Crim. Rep. 10. If either of said counts be sufficient, the judgment of conviction…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Francis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
- Deisher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
- De Los Santos v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
- Rasor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909
- Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
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