Bryan v. State

LATTIMORE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the County Court of Ochiltree County of misdemeanor gaming, and his punishment fixed at a fine of fifty dollars.

The indictment was for a violation of Article 548 of our Fenal Code which forbids games with cards at public places, punishment for which is fixed by statute at a fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars. In his charge to the jury the learned trial judge stated the penalty to be not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, and the punishment was fixed in the verdict at a fine of fifty dollars. The verdict and judgment…