McCollum v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Floyd. Tried below before Hon. A. B. Duncan. Appeal from a conviction of gaming; penalty, a fine of $10.
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of gaming, and fined $10. Prosecuting witness testified that he was with appellant at Hight’s house, sometime in February, 1904. “One night in said month, all of us boys had gathered there to dance and have a supper. Defendant and various other boys (including the two Hight boys and witness) got there about 8:30 o’clock, stayed until after supper, and left about midnight. Saw defendant and Jim Bryant sitting at a table with a deck of cards, and the cards were being shuffled and fooled with about a minute and a half, and I or Annis Bell, or both, spoke up…
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