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65 Tex. Crim. 91

143 S.W 621

George v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided January 31, 1912

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas · decided 1912-01-31

<p>Gaming—Indictment—Private Residence.</p> <p>Where, in a prosecution for gaming, the indictment failed to allege that the betting on a game of cards did not occur at a private residence occupied by a family, the same was fatally defective. Following Purvis v. State, 62 Texas Crim. Rep., 302, and other cases. Overruling Purvis v. State, 52 Texas Crim. Rep., 342; Singleton v. State, 53 id., 625.</p>

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Decided 1912-01-31

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*92 PRENDERGAST, Judge.

¶1 The appellant was indicted charging “that he did unlawfully bet at a game played with cards,” fixing the time and venue.

¶2 It is unnecessary to pass upon any of the questions attempted to be raised, except by appellant’s motion in arrest of judgment on the ground that the indictment did not charge that the betting on a game of cards did not occur at a private residence occupied by a family. It is unnecessary to discuss this question. Such an indictment has recently been passed upon by this court in Chapman v. State, 63 Texas Crim. Rep., 494, 140 S. W., 441, and such an indictment held fatally defective.

¶3 The officers and grand jury seem to be misled by the decision of this court in Purvis v. State, 52 Texas Crim. Rep., 343, and Singleton v. State, 53 Texas Crim. Rep., 625. These cases were modified or .overruled by this court in an opinion by Presiding Judge Davidson in Purvis v. State, 62 Texas Crim. Rep., 302, 137 S. W., 701. Pnder the authority of the Chapman case, supra, and the Purvis case, 62 Texas Crim. Rep., 302, 137 S. W., 701, the judgment in this case must be reversed and the cause, ordered dismissed.

¶4 Reversed and dismissed.

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