Torney v. State
Supreme Court of Missouri
APPEAL EKOM TEXAS CIRCUIT COURT'. 1. The evidence in the case-fully warrants the verdict of the jury. 2. The instructions given to the jury by the court, at the instance of the State, contained a correct exposition of the-law applicable to the facts. 8. The instruction asked by the defendant and refused does not assert a correct legal principle. 4. The record offered by the defendant, to establish a former conviction, was insufficient, of itself, for that purpose.
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APPEAL EKOM TEXAS CIRCUIT COURT'. 1. The evidence in the case-fully warrants the verdict of the jury. 2. The instructions given to the jury by the court, at the instance of the State, contained a correct exposition of the-law applicable to the facts. 8. The instruction asked by the defendant and refused does not assert a correct legal principle. 4. The record offered by the defendant, to establish a former conviction, was insufficient, of itself, for that purpose. It only shows that there was another indictment against the defendants for gaming, found at the same term, upon which he was tried…
1Opinion of the CourtRyland, J.
The plaintiff in error, defendant below, was indicted in the Texas Circuit Court at October term, in the year 1848, for betting on a game of cards a sum of money, to-wit: one dollar. This indictment was returned into court on the 27th day of October, 1848. A trial was had at the November term of said court, 1849, when the following facts were proved : A witness stated that on the night of the first day of the October term of the Texas Circuit Court, 1848, he saw the defendant below bet on a game of cards, and bet perhaps as many as fifty times, at Houston, the county-seat of said county, at…
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