Simons v. State

RAMSEY, Judge.

Appellant appeals from a judgment convicting him on a charge preferred by indictment, in that he did unlawfully permit a game with cards to he played in a house under his control, the said house being then and there a public place—that is, a gaming house. The indictment preferred against him contained a number of counts, some of which', however, were quashed on motion of appellant; and but two of the counts.were sustained and submitted to the jury, being the one under which he was convicted; and another count which alleged, in substance, that appellant unlawfully played and bet…