Watson v. State

Citations

• 13 Tex. Ct. App. 160
• 1882 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 199

Syllabus

<p>1. Indictment for playing cards at a house used for the purpose of retailing spirituous liquors, need not allege that such house is a public place.</p> <p>2. Evidence that the cards were played in an upstairs room over a room used for retailing spirituous liquors, which upstairs room was used as a private bedroom, and was in no way used in connection with the business conducted in the lower room, and to which the only means of ingress or egress were by stairways outside of the building, will not sustain a conviction for playing cards at a house used for retailing spirituous liquors. See statement of the case for a charge of the court on the subject, held erroneous.</p>