Sinclair v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for keeping or exhibiting for the purpose of gaming, a policy game, the punishment assessed against each of the appellants being two years in the penitentiary.

The offense was alleged to have been committed on or about November 22, 1950, at which time Art. 619, Vernon’s Ann. P.C., denounced the offense here charged in the following language

“If any person shall directly, or as agent, or employee for another, or through any agent or agents, keep or exhibit for the purpose.'of.gaining,.anytpolicy'game,*,’he shall.tie cóníined *37in . the penitentiary not less than…