Colchell v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Bosque. Tried below before the Hon. R. G. Childress, County Judge. The opinion discloses the ease. The penalty awarded was a fine of ten dollars.
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
The charge against appellant, as set out in the indictment, is that he “bet intoxicating liquors at a game played with dice; against the peace and dignity of the State.” This indictment was evidently brought under Article 364, Penal Code, as amended by Act approved March 5, 1881. (Gen. Laws, Reg. Sess., 17th Leg., p. 17.)
In the enacting clause of the amendment, and as part of the same, it is expressly “provided” that “no person shall be indicted under this section for playing any of said games with dice or dominoes at a private residence.” (Long v. The State, 22 Texas…
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