Shook v. State
Shook v. State
Opinion of the Court
The conviction in this case is under article 185 of the Penal Code, defining the offense of “engaging in any species of gaming for money or other consideration, within the limits of any city or town on Sunday.” In substance the indictment charged that the appellant, on the fourteenth day of August, 1887, in the town of Haskell, Haskell county, Texas, did engage in a species of gaming, and did then and there play at a game of cards for a horse.
To be sufficient under the article cited, the indictment should allege the name of the person or persons with whom the defendant engaged in the gaming, or it should have alleged the name
Because the indictment is insufficient, the judgment is re. versed and the prosecution dismissed.
Reversed and remanded.
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