Lytle v. State
Decision Date | 20 March 1907 |
Citation | 100 S.W. 1160 |
Parties | LYTLE v. STATE. |
Court | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals |
Appeal from Bexar County Court; Robt. B. Green, Judge.
W. J. Lytle was convicted of unlawfully betting at a gaming table and bank, and he appeals. Affirmed.
Carlos Bee, for appellant. J. E. Yantis, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
Appellant was convicted of unlawfully betting at a gaming table and bank, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $25.
The following are all the facts proved on the trial of this case:
Acts 27th Leg. p. 267, c. 103, provides: "If any person shall keep or exhibit for the purpose of gaming, any gaming table or bank of any name or description whatever, * * * or slot machine," etc. So it appears that this statute expressly covers the kind of machine used in the game for which a...
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