Ash v. State

Appellant was convicted of bookmaking, pool selling, and taking a bet on a horse race and his punishment was assessed at a fine of $200 and confinement in the county jail for a period of thirty days.

Appellant's first complaint is that the court erred in declining to sustain his motion to quash the complaint and information, which, omitting the formal parts, reads as follows:

That on or about the 13th day of January, A.D. 1937, one Mervin Ash did in Travis County, Texas, unlawfully engage and assist in pool selling, bookmaking, and taking and accepting a bet on a horse race, which was then and…