West v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Hardin. Tried below before the Hon. L. B. Hightower. Appeal from a conviction of exhibiting gaming bank; penalty, two 3rears imprisonment in the penitentiary.
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Appeal from the District Court of Hardin. Tried below before the Hon. L. B. Hightower. Appeal from a conviction of exhibiting gaming bank; penalty, two 3rears imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment, leaving out formal averments, charged that the defendant on or about the 15th day of September, A. D. 1907, and anterior to the presentment of this indictment in the county of Hardin and State of Texas, did then and there unlawfully keep and exhibit, for the purpose of gaming, a gaming table and bank against the peace and dignity of the State. The opinion states' the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSOH, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted for exhibiting and keeping a gaming bank, his punishment being assessed at two years confinement in the State penitentiary.
The record is before us without a statement of facts or bills of exceptions. The only question presented which can he considered is that a certain juror sat upon the jury after his name was scratched from the list. The facts, in substance, show that a list of jurors was handed the defendant for the purpose of selecting a jury. The name of Glaze was on the list and appellant scratched it. This juror, in some manner,…
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