White v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Karnes. Tried below before Hon. Theo. Barnes, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for playing at a game with cards in a public place; penalty, a fine of $10. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
HEHDERSOH, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of playing at a game with cards in a public place, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $10, and appeals.
The indictment was in two counts, and alleged that the place where the game was played was public because it was a place where people were assembled for amusement, etc., and because the game was played at a place where people commonly resorted for the purpose of gaming. The proof showed that the game was at the private house of one Juan Morales, and that on the occasion in question a number of persons, thirty or more, had assembled there for the…
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