Legal Opinion
Stansbury v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided November 17, 1937No. 19196PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
• The offense is bookmaking; the punishment, a fine of $200 and 30 days in jail.
*718The prosecution proceeded under article 648, P.C., which reads as follows: “No person or any agent of any association of persons or corporation, at any place in this State, by pool selling or bookmaking or by means of telegraph, telephone or otherwise, shall aid or assist any other person in wagering, betting or placing a bet or in offering to wager, bet or place a bet of anything of value on any horse race to be run, trotted, 'or paced at any place in this State or elsewhere.”
Pending the appeal…
Also in this document: Per curiam.
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Barbier v. ConnollySupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Hall v. Geiger-Jones Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Patsone v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. MatthewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Buck v. BellSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Rucker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1961
- Tadlock v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1940
- Ash v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938
- Ross v. Arkwright Mutual Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1992