Murphy v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of keeping a gaming table and bank and his punishment assessed at two years confinement in the penitentiary.

The facts in this case show that some negroes were engaged in playing cards, and the prosecuting witness, in reference to the matter, testifies as follows: “In the fall of last year I saw defendant and three other parties gambling. They were gambling in Gonzales County, in the private residence of appellant. They were playing monte. Appellant was dealing and two others were piking. Monte is a banking game. I stood and looked at them fifteen or…