Compton v. State

KRUEGER, Judge.

Appellant was tried and convicted of keeping a place to gamble with cards, dice, or dominoes, and where people then and there resorted to gamble with cards, dice, or dominoes; and his punishment was assessed at confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of two years.

The first contention made by the appellant is that the court erred in overruling his motion to quash the indictment in this case for the reasons: (a) that the indictment does not charge an offense against the laws of the State of Texas; (b) because the indictment is vague and indefinite and does not apprise…