Crow v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Error from Upshur. The plaintiff in error was indicted “for betting money on a game of ten-pins, which said game of ten-pins was then and there a gambling device.” He pleaded guilty, and the jury assessed the line at ten dollars, for which and costs judgment was awarded, and the case was brought up by a writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtLipscomb, J.
The error relied on and assigned is that no offense against the law is charged in the indictment. A preliminary question is presented, growing out of the plea of the defendant in the indictment. He pleaded guilty. If this pica is equivalent to a confession of judgment in civil proceedings, it might be contended on authority that it amounts to a waiver and release of all errors. We cannot, however, regard the plea as drawing after it the same consequences as a confession of judgment in a civil suit. It is believed to amount to nothing more than the acknowledgment of the facts charged; and…
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