Davis v. State

HARPER, Judge.

— Appellant was prosecuted under an indictment containing several counts, and convicted under the fifth count in which he was charged with unlawfully and knowingly permitting property which was under his control, a house situate in Comanche, to be used as a place for people to resort to bet and wager upon certain games played with dice and cards.

G. W. Pitch testified that his family consisted of himself and wife, and that defendant had been staying with him. That he and his wife took a trip to East Texas, and were absent some thirteen or fourteen days. That appellant continued…