Chappell v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. 0. L. Cleveland. This conviction was for exhibiting a gaming table, and the penalty assessed against the appellant was a fine of twenty-five dollars, and confinement in the county jail for ten days.
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Appeal from the Criminal District Court of Galveston. Tried below before the Hon. 0. L. Cleveland. This conviction was for exhibiting a gaming table, and the penalty assessed against the appellant was a fine of twenty-five dollars, and confinement in the county jail for ten days. The opinion sets out the substance of the proof for the State, except that the testimony inculpated the defendant as the man who held the money bet by the crap thowers, and received the table fees of five cents for every two throws. Charles Jessup testified, for the defense, that he was the exclusive owner and…
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
It is charged in the indictment ■ that the defendant, “in the said county of Galveston, in the State of Texas, with force and arms then and there unlawfully did keep, for the purpose of gaming, a gaming table used for gaming, to wit, for playing a game with dice commonly called craps,” etc.
As shown by the evidence, “the game of craps is played by one man taking two dice in his hand and throwing them on the table, and the man who throws bets on seven and eleven to win, and the other party bets against him; first one and then another will throw the dice. The game can he…
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