Fossett v. State

Citations

• 16 Tex. Ct. App. 375
• 1884 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 123

Syllabus

<p>Playing Cards in a Public Place.—Indictment, to charge the offense of playing cards in a public place, must allege the facts which constitute the place of playing a public place, unless the place be one specifically enumerated in the Penal Code. Livery stables are not so enumerated, and it does not suffice to aver that the livery stable was a public place, without alleging facts which constitute it such a place.</p>