Bird v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Fayette. Tried below before Hón. W. S. Robson, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction for unlawfully betting at a gaming table and bank kept and exhibited for the purpose of gaming; penalty, a fine of 810. The court below overruled a motion to quash the indictment, because it did not conclude as prescribed by law.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
Appellant was convicted in the court below under the gaming laws, and fined 810, and prosecutes this appeal. A motion was made to quash the indictment in the court below on the ground that it did not conclude with the expression, “against the peace and dignity of the State,” and the original indictment has been sent up with the record to this court for our inspection, in order to determine said question. The contention is that the word “against” is omitted. We have inspected said indictment in this record carefully, and there is no doubt that the word is spelled “ainst.” The…
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