Legal Opinion
Stearnes v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Decided July 1, 1858PublishedCited by 37 opinions
Appeal from Shelby. Tried below before Hon. A. W. 0. Hicks. Indictment for keeping a gaming table for the purpose of gaming. The facts are in the Opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtRoberts, J.
This is a prosecution under the 412th Article of the Penal Code, which reads as follows, to-wit:
*694“ Art. 412. If any person shall keep or exhibit for the purpose of gaming any gaming table or bank, of any name or description whatever, or any table or bank used for gaming which has no name, or shall be in any manner interested in keeping or exhibiting such table or bank at any place whatever, he shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.”
The indictment charged that the defendant “ did keep a gaming table for the purpose of gaming;” and the proof showed…
2Cited by37 opinions
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- Prendergast v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1899
- Hoffman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1949
- Houghton v. FoxCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1936
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