Inks v. State

Appellant's first contention is that we erred in holding the information not duplicitous. There is but one count in the information, which, omitting formal parts, reads as follows: "That on or about the 13th day of January, A.D. 1937, one Moore Inks did then and there unlawfully engage and assist in pool selling and bookmaking and taking and accepting a bet on a horse race which was then to be run on the 13th day of January A.D. 1937, at Alamo Downs in the County of Bexar of the State of Texas, contrary to the statutes, etc."

Article 647, P. C., provides: "No person or any agent of any…