Jenkins v. State

Citations

• 36 Tex. 345

Syllabus

<p>On the trial of an indictment for gaming in the cabin of a steamboat, the evidence failed to prove whether the boat was in B. or in G. county when the gaming took place ; but the court below instructed the jury in substance, to find the defendant guilty if they believed from the evidence that the boat, on the trip where the gaming was done, commenced or terminated its voyage in the county of B. Held, to be error. The venue must be proved as laid.</p>