State v. Mansker
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Erath. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Osterhout. There is no occasion for a statement of the facts.
1Opinion of the CourtOgden, J.
The appellee was indicted for permitting a game of cards to be played “ in a house under his control, known as “ the Occidental Saloon, which said game of cards was then “ and there a game prohibited by the statute, and which Ocei- “ dental Saloon was a house where spirituous liquors were then “ and there sold.”
On motion of appellee the indictment was quashed and the District Attorney has appealed.
We are not aware that the playing of a simple game of cards is prohibited by our statute. The playing of cards for amusement becomes unlawful only when played at certain places at *365which said playing…
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