Heath v. State

276 S.W.2d 534 (1955)

George HEATH, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

No. 27402.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

February 16, 1955.

C. O. McMillan, Sam M. Russell, Stephenville, for appellant.

Sam Cleveland, Dist. Atty., Stephenville, Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is keeping a gambling house; the punishment, 2 years.

The appellant was shown to have a tenant house located approximately 150 yards to the rear of his farm home. At the times involved in this prosecution, such house was unoccupied except that one room was used to store…