State v. Valdez

LUJAN, Justice.

• The appellants appealed from a judgment entered against them in the district court of Chaves County, by which they were sentenced to ninety days imprisonment in jail and assessed fines of $250 each. The information to which they pleaded guilty, omitting the formal part thereof, reads: “ * * * did unlawfully operate a game of chance, to-wit: poker and dice, contrary to the form of statute in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State of New Mexico.”

On April 1, 1947, appellants were arraigned in the district court and entered their respective…