Wilson v. State

Appellant was convicted of a petty misdemeanor and assessed the lowest fine, $10.

Among other offenses article 557, Penal Code, enacts: "If any person shall bet or wager at . . . the game of matching money or coins of any denomination for such coins, or for other things of value . . . he shall be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars."

The indictment is in four counts; the charging part in each is, that said Wilson on or about January 30, 1916, in said county:

Then in the first: "did unlawfully bet and wager at a game of matching money and coins for such money and coins and other…