Schepps v. City of El Paso

ABBOTT, Justice.

This is a combination of two suits, one-by a police officer of the City of El Paso, Texas, to destroy certain alleged gambling equipment and confiscate money; the other a suit by Ervin Schepps, praying for the-return of $3,675 seized from him. The two-suits were properly consolidated, and, from a judgment of the trial court confiscating a blanket and the money, and ordering two-pair of dice destroyed, appellant has perfected his appeal and is properly before this-court.

The facts are: Several persons, appellant included, on March 16, 1959, agreed' to shoot dice with each other.…