State v. Homan

Reeves, Associate Justice.

The defendant and another party were indicted at the September term, 1871, of the District Court of Milam county, for playing at a game of cards in the town of Cameron, describing the place where the parties played. The defendants excepted to the indictment on two grounds:

1. It does not show any offense known to our statutes, &c.

2. The indictment is insufficient, because it does not charge the defendants with playing at a game with cards with each other, nor does it show that they are charged with separate offenses.

The court sustained the exceptions and quashed the…