Schroeder v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was indicted under article 340, Penal Code, for carrying a pistol into a social gathering. The facts, briefly stated, are that there was a ball or social gathering at the Turnverein Hall, some ten or twelve miles from Lockhart in the Bogers’ pasture. The club owned four acres of land. It had a dance hall, 60 x 100 feet, and a couple of rooms attached to and under the same roof, for a cloak room, ladies’ room and place for depositing the little children. At the opposite end of the hall was another room, where beer was kept. These small rooms were cut off…