Hunt v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Tarrant. Tried below before the Hon. Sam Furman, County Judge. The conviction in each of these cases was for exhibiting a gaming bank, and the penalty assessed in each case was a fine of twenty-five dollars, and confinement in the county jail for ten days. The transcripts bring up no statements of facts.
1Opinion of the Court
Willson, Judge.
These are convictions for keeping and exhibiting a gaming bank, and the punishment assessed in each" case is fine and imprisonment under and by virtue of the act of March 19, 1885 (Gen. Laws Nineteenth Leg., p. 34), amendatory of Article 358 of the Penal Code; which act enlarges the punishment for said offense by adding to the punishment by fine, as prescribed by said article 358, the punishment of imprisonment in the county jail.
The question presented for our determination is the validity of this said act of March 19, 1885. It is contended" by defendants that said act is…
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