Horton v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from. Smith. The case was tried before Hon. Reuben A. Reeves, one of the district judges. The defendant was indicted “for that, &c.,he did play at a game with cards in a certain public house, then and there being, which said public house was then and there used and kept as 9. house for retailing spirituous liquors,” &c.
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Appeal from. Smith. The case was tried before Hon. Reuben A. Reeves, one of the district judges. The defendant was indicted “for that, &c.,he did play at a game with cards in a certain public house, then and there being, which said public house was then and there used and kept as 9. house for retailing spirituous liquors,” &c. The defendant having been convicted, and having appealed, he entered into a recognizance in these words: “How comes the state by her district attorney, and the defendant in person and by attorney, and the defendimos motion for a new trial, heretofore filed in this case,…
1Opinion of the CourtWillie, J.
The appellant was convicted in the court below of playing cards in a house for the retail of spirituous liquors, and judgment rendered against him for the sum of $10, the amount of fine assessed by the jury. A motion for a new trial was overruled, and notice given of an appeal to the Supreme Court,, The court ordered the appellant to enter into recognizance, and he thereupon came into open court, with James P, Croupier and William S. *197McAffee as sureties, and they three acknowledged themselves jointly and severally to be indebted to the State of Texas in the sum of $200, conditioned that…
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