5 Tex. 21
Decided December 15, 1849
Texas Supreme Court · decided 1849-12-15
The appellant was convicted’ of playing cards for money at a public place. The indictment charged the offense to have been ■committed in a blacksmith shop, the property of One -Foster S. Young, thfe same then and there being a public place. There was some conflict in the testimony as to the ownership of the shop, and the court instructed the jury that it was necessary for the State to prove it as laid. Cravens, for appellant. The proof does not support the verdict.
Decided 1849-12-15
¶1This is an appeal from a conviction and judgment for playing at a game of cards at a public place, in violation of the act of 1840 to suppress gambling. The case differs in nothing from the case of Prior v. The State, decided the present term, and on the doctrine of that case the judgment is affirmed.
¶2Judgment affirmed.