Legal Opinion

Lucas v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided November 3, 1909No. 88PublishedCited by 3 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the Court

RAMSEY, Judge.

Appellant in this case was convicted in the County Court of Johnson County of the offense of unlawfully playing and betting at a game played with dice' called craps, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $50.

Many questions are raised on the appeal which we deem unnecessary to notice. Under our view of the case the evidence is so manifestly insufficient to sustain a conviction that the same must be reversed on that account. This is a case almost identical with and is a companion case of Looper v. State, 56 Texas Crim. Rep., 498, 120 S. W. Rep., 880, where we held the facts…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Looper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1909

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1912
  2. Hart v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1922
  3. Walling v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1920

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