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27 Tex. Ct. App. 590

Lynn v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided May 15, 1889

Court of Appeals of Texas · decided 1889-05-15

Tried below before the Hon. J. T. Evans, County Judge. The penalty assessed against the appellant was a fine of ten dollars.

Decided 1889-05-15

Willson, Judge.

¶1This conviction is not supported by the evidence. It was not proved that the defendant committed the offense at a date prior to the presentment of the indictment. (Temple v. The State, 15 Texas Ct. App., 304.) It was not sufficiently proved that at the time the defendant played cards in the out house it was a place where people resorted. A witness testified that he had seen persons play cards in said out house one time prior to the time that the defendant played there, but did not state the time. It may have been so long prior as to have no bearing whatever in fixing the character of the place at the time defendant played there.

¶2It was necessary that the State should prove that at the time defendant played in the out house it was then a place of resort; that is, a place where people were in the habit of going for gaming or other purposes. (The State v. Norton, 19 Texas, 102; Wheelock v. The State, 15 Texas, 260.)

¶3The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded.

¶4Serersed and remanded»

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