Ellis v. State

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was charged herein by an indictment which contained three counts, all relating to the statutes prohibiting the keeping of a gambling house. He was tried before the court, a jury having been waived, and upon a plea of guilty he was by the court sentenced to a term of two years in the penitentiary.

The first count of the indictment charged appellant and two others with unlawfully keeping certain premises for the purpose of being'used as a place to bet, wager and gamble with dice and cards, and as a place to which people did resort for such purpose.

The second count in such…