Johnson v. State

Citations

• 36 Tex. 198

Syllabus

<p>1. In an indictment for playing at cards, under Article 409 of the Penal Code, it is not necessary to charge with whom the defendant played.</p> <p>2. The prosecution having proved the ownership of the house in which the gaming took place, as charged in the indictment, and that it was of that public character which brings it within the class of places where card-playing is prohibited, the State had made out this branch of its case, and it then devolved upon the defendant to establish his defense.</p>