Davis v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant was assessed a fine of $500.00 and four months in jail for a violation of the gambling law described in Article 652-a, Vernon’s Ann. P. C.

The attack first made is on the indictment, charging that it was duplicitous and joins in the same count four separate offenses in that he placed bets upon four different football games. Nevertheless, the indictment describes but one offense. See Simmons v. State, 135 Tex. Cr. R. 425, 120 S.W. 2d 1061; and Odle v. State, 139 Texas Crim. Rep. 288, 139 S.W. 2d 595.

The facts disclose that a reporter for an Amarillo newspaper was…