Grundy v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

Conviction for permitting premises to be used as a place for gaming; punishment, two years confinement in the penitentiary.

The material part of the second count on the indictment under which appellant was convicted is as follows: John Grundy did then and there unlawfully and knowingly permit property and premises there situated and then and there under his control to be used for the purpose of a place to bet and wager, and to gamble with cards then and there played.”

In Bowman v. State, 33 S. W. (2d) 439, the indictment under which the conviction was obtained read as follows:…