O'Brien v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Hood. Tried below before the Hon. James Hiker, County Judge. The opinion discloses the case. The fine imposed by the jury was in the sum of $25.
1Opinion of the CourtHurt, J.
Appellant was charged by indictment with unlawfully permitting certain prohibited games, to wit: games with cards in a public place, to be played in a pub-*545lie house under his control, to wit: a certain beer-saloon in the town of G-ranberry, in the county and State aforesaid, known as the E. R. O’Brien Lager Beer Saloon, and then and there occupied and controlled by him, the said E. R. O’Brien, etc.
The evidence showed that one game of cards was played up-stairs, over the saloon. There was no connection between the lower room and the one up-stairs in which the game was played. The latter was…
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