Williams v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Johnson. Tried below before Hon. F. E. Adams, County Judge. This appeal is from a conviction for permitting cards to be played in a house for retailing spirituous liquors, the punishment assessed being a fine of $25. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
The indictment charged that appellant permitted cards to be played upon premises under his control, “then and there being appurtenances to a publi place, to-wit: a house for retailing spirituous liquors.” It is contended that the omission of the letter “c,” from the word “public” renders the indictment vicious. We do not think so. Omitting the words “a publi place, to-wit,” the indictment is sufficient. It would then read, “* * * then and there being appurtenances to a house for retailing spirituous liquors.” Mayo v. State, 1 Tex. Crim. App., 342. The statute makes a house for…
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