Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided April 11, 1923No. 7147Published

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion

ON SECOND MOTION FOR REHEARING.

January 23, 1924.

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

In his motion for permission to file a second motion for rehearing, appellant reiterates the matters heretofore reviewed and advances the additional theory that the indictment offends against the rule against repugnancy in that it alleges that the appellant was the keeper of a gambling-house, and also that he permitted the house kept to be used for the purpose of gaming, and that these are separate offenses denounced by Article 559, P. C. An indictment is said to be repugnant when in the same count it contains allegations…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Francis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1921
  2. Aycock v. WilliamsTexas Supreme Court · 1857
  3. Purvis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
  4. Chapman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
  5. George v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912

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