Longworth v. State

Citations

• 41 Tex. 508

Syllabus

<p>1. Gamingtable.—An indictment charging that defendant “dicl unlawfully keep, for the purpose of gaming, a table resembling a billiard table,” sufficiently describes an offense—the words “resembling a billiard table ” being considered surplusage.</p> <p>2. Instructions.—Where, on the trial of an indictment for keeping a gaming table, the evidence shows that the table kept was a 'billiard table, the charge should exclude the game of billiards, and should explain wherein the table might be shown to be an illegal gaming table, although a billiard table.</p>