Shelton v. State

Mar 6, 1912
No. 1599.
Reporters:
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Before:
Harper
HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of the offense ‍​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‍of unlawfully betting at a game played with cards.

The indictment is fatally defective, and the motion ‍​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‍of appellant to quash the same should have been sustained. The identical question presented in this ‍​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‍case was decided by this court in the case of Chapman v. State, 62 Texas Crim. Rep., ‍​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‍494; and Johnson v. State, decided at this term of the court, and which are here ‍​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‍referred to.

The judgment is reversed and prosecution ordered dismissed.

Dismissed.