Rasor v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was charged with keeping a building, room and place where people resorted for the purpose of betting, wagering, and gambling with cards, in the first count of the indictment, and in the second count, with knowingly permitting a building, room and place under his control to be used for said purpose. Both counts of the indictment were presented by the court to the jury, and the jury found appellant guilty and assessed his punishment at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

The charging part of the indictment is as follows: “. . . that one Walter Rasor, alias Shorty…