Rice v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Cass. Tlie defendant was indicted for playing “ a game with “ cards on which money was bet in a public house where people resort,” “ kept “and occupied by one John M. Dollahite.” There was a motion to quash the indictment, which the court overruled.
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Appeal from Cass. Tlie defendant was indicted for playing “ a game with “ cards on which money was bet in a public house where people resort,” “ kept “and occupied by one John M. Dollahite.” There was a motion to quash the indictment, which the court overruled. A witness testified that the playing ivas in a room occupied by Dollahite, situated in the rear of his grocery, in the town of Jefferson, but not connected with the grocery or upon any public street; that the room was surrounded by a high plank feñee, and that the enclosure had very much the appearance of a fort". The witness did not…
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
This case is submitted by the attorney general iiiion a motion to affirm the judgment, on the ground that there is no assignment of errors or error apparent in the record. And on an inspection of the record we are of opinion that there is no error in the judgment. There is no question presented by the record which has not been heretofore determined by the decisions of this court, for which see Prior v. The State, (4 Tex. R., 383;) Cole v. The State, and Sublett v. The State, (7 Tex. R.;) Lockhart v. The State, and King v. The State, (decided at this term.)
Judgment affirmed.
2Cited by1 opinion
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