Seibert v. State

CHRISTIAN, Judge.

— Conviction for a misdemeanor; punishment being assessed at a fine of $200 and confinement in jail for 60 days.

The prosecution proceeded under Art. 647, P. C., which reads as follows:

“No person, or any agent of any association of persons or any corporation, shall at any place in this State, engage or assist in pool selling or book making on any horse race or by means of any pool selling or book making, take or accept any bet or aid any other person in betting or taking or accepting any bet upon any horse race to be run, trotted "or paced in this State.”

The counts of the…