Brown v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was charged with permitting gaming in a house under his control. The evidence shows that E. B. Brown & Co., of which appellant was a member, rented the house known as the Palais Royal, in the lower story of which they carried on a saloon business; and the second story was kept as a billiard and pool hall. Two witnesses testify that they were in the pool hall, playing, and noticed some parties pass up the stairway, to the third story, and they visited that portion of the house. In one room they found a crap game in progress, in which they indulged for half…