Fossett v. State

Citations

• 18 Tex. Ct. App. 330
• 1885 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 103

Syllabus

<p>Gaming—Evidence.— Appellant was indicted and convicted for the offense of permitting a game of dice to be played in a house under his control, the said house being a public place commonly resorted to for the purpose of gaming. There was no proof that the house in question was a public place, except the evidence which proved the playing there of the single game of dice alleged in the indictment. Held, that the evidence is insufficient to sustain the conviction, inasmuch as it fails to show that the house was a public place, as alleged.</p>