Odle v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction in Collin County assessing a fine of $100.00 and ten days in jail upon an indictment alleging that on the 7th day of July, 1989, Johnnie Odle unlawfully took and offered to take and accept and place for A. C. Sparlin a bet and wager of money in the amount of twenty-five cents “on a baseball game, athletic contest and sports event.”

The prosecution is under Art. 652a, Sec. 1, of the Penal Code.

Several questions are raised and those not here discussed are overruled. Bill of Exception No. 1, which complains of the failure of the court to sustain…