Braley v. State

DAVIDSON, Judge.

The conviction is under Art. 619, P. C., prohibiting the keeping and exhibiting of a policy game, with punishment assessed at four years in the penitentiary.

The facts relied upon to show appellant’s guilt are circumstantial, and may be stated as follows:

Policy writers for the “Texas and Louisiana Wheel” sold policy throughout the city of Dallas. The money from these sales, as well as the policy slips, were placed in bags bearing numbers identifying the seller, carried to a designated place, and there delivered to a “checkin man.” He, in turn, delivered the bags to “runners,”…