Melton v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

The information charged that appellant “did then and there unlawfully bet and wager money on and at a game of cards at the private residence of Bill Neece where people had resorted and assembled for the purpose of gaming, against the peace and dignity of the State.”

The evidence discloses that appellant and a number of others were at the residence of Neece playing cards, and about two or three o’clock in the morning the officers went into the room where the game was in progress, watched the game a while, and went away without making any arrest. It is shown by the…