Damaris v. State

WOODLEY, Presiding Judge.

The appeal is from a conviction for knowingly using or permitting the use of property for book making (Art. 652a, Sec. 4, Vernon’s Ann.P.C.); the punishment, one year in the penitentiary.

Section 7 of Art. 652a provides “that any party to a transaction prohibited by this Act may be required to furnish evidence and testify, but after so testifying such person shall be exempt from prosecution with reference to any transaction about which he is required to furnish evidence.”

Appellant’s formal Bill of Exception No. 1, filed with the clerk of the trial court within the time…