Chancellor v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Ellis. Tried below before the Hon. J. T. Spencer. Appeal from a conviction of a violation of the gaming law; penalty, a fine of $10. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
The complaint and information contain three counts, the first charging betting at a gaming table and bank, then and there kept and exhibited for the purpose of gaming; second, playing at a game of cards at a place other than a private residence occupied by a family; and third, at a private residence occupied by a family, such residence being one commonly resorted to for the purpose of gaming, did unlawfully bet and wager at such game played with cards.
The jury were instructed to disregard for all purposes the second and third counts, and they were limited to the…
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