Bowles v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

—By complaint and information appellant was charged with betting at a game played with dice called “craps” at the private residence of Charley Bandall, which said private residence was commonly resorted to for the purpose of gaming. The jury fixed the lowest penalty.

Under the statute, Penal Code, article 557, betting on any game played with dice is made an offense wherever played.

The case was tried by the State on the theory that that part of the information charging that the private residence of Bandall was commonly resorted to for the purpose of gaming was surplusage. On…