George v. State

PRENDERGAST, Judge.

The appellant was indicted charging “that he did unlawfully bet at a game played with cards,” fixing the time and venue.

It is unnecessary to pass upon any of the questions attempted to be raised, except by appellant’s motion in arrest of judgment on the ground that the indictment did not charge that the betting on a game of cards did not occur at a private residence occupied by a family. It is unnecessary to discuss this question. Such an indictment has recently been passed upon by this court in Chapman v. State, 63 Texas Crim. Rep., 494, 140 S. W., 441, and such an…