Bell v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of keeping a gaming house and allotted two years in the penitentiary.

The indictment contains three counts, the first charging appellant with keeping and being interested in keeping certain premises for the purpose of being used as a place to bet with cards and dice; second, that he kept and was interested in keeping certain premises for the purpose of keeping a table for gaming, and, third, that he knowingly permitted premises under his control to be used as a place to bet and wager and gamble with cards and dice.

The evidence shows that…