Purvis v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

The affidavit and information charge that appellant “did then and there unlawfully bet and wager at a game of cards, said game of cards being played at a private residence, said • private residence being one then and there commonly resorted to for the purpose of gaming, contrary to the form of the statute in such cases made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the State.”

The evidence for the State discloses that some officers went to the house occupied by appellant, and peeping through a crack in the house sáw appellant and Shilling sitting opposite…