Fossett v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Bosque. Tried below before the Hon. B. G. Childress, County Judge. The opinion states the case.. A fine of $25 was the punishment-assessed against the appellant.
1Opinion of the Court
Willson, Judge.
Defendant was convicted upon an indictment which charged that he permitted a game with dice to be played in a house under his control, the said house being a public place, commonly resorted to for the purpose of gaming.
*331There is no evidence to show that the place where the playing occurred was public, except that which proved that the one game with dice, which defendant was convicted of permitting, was played there. Two witnesses testified to being present when this game was played; but this was the only game they ever saw played in the house. This evidence is, we think, wholly…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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