West v. State

DICE, Judge.

The conviction is for the offense of unlawfully keeping a building or room for the purpose of gambling in violation of Art. 625, V.A.P.C.; the punishment, two years in the penitentiary.

The evidence is undisputed that the building in question was a house owned by the appellant, which he and his wife occupied as their residence. The evidence is further undisputed that, on numerous occasions, during the years 1954 and 1955, people went to the place and gambled with dice in a room in the basement of the building, which could be entered by way of an outside entrance.

The testimony shows…