Mayfield v. State

WOODLEY, Judge.

The conviction is for keeping and being interested in keeping a room for the purpose of being used as a place to gamble with dice, the indictment being drawn under Art. 625 P.C.

The room in question was curtained off from the main room of a “Nite Spot” owned and operated by Calvin and Emmett Clark who had a license authorizing the sale of beer.

There is no testimony showing that appellant owned any interest in the premises or that he was employed by the Clarks, or that he was a tenant, sub-tenant or lessee of the room to the rear of the Nite Spot.

There is no direct testimony that…