Rankin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Lavaca. Tried below before Hon. D. A. Paulus, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for permitting a game of craps to be played in a house for retailing liquor; penalty, a fine of $50. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
The indictment charged that appellant and Jim Rankin did unlawfully permit a game to be played with cards, and a game to be bet at and played with dice, called “craps,” upon their premises and in their house, said premises and house then and there being a public place, to wit, a house for retailing spirituous liquors. Upon the trial appellant was convicted, and fined $50.
The evidence shows that Charles Rankin was the owner and proprietor of the saloon in question, and that Jim Rankin was his bartender. Bodkin testified that in March, 1899, while he was in the saloon,…
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