Morgan v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Shackelford. Tried below before. Hon. J. M. Chism, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction of playing cards in a gaming house; penalty, a fine of $10. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted for playing cards in a gaming house, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $10. The facts. a're substantially as follows: Jim Baskett testified that during the months of August and September, 1898, he played cards for money at appellant’s house two or three times a week—just as often as he had the money to play with; that he saw other games played at appellant’s house, and at each .game money was bet; that on two or three occasions when witness was at appellant’s house he saw strangers there playing cards. It was his understanding that appellant’s…
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