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Ray v. the State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Jun 27, 1913
158 S.W. 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1913)

Opinion

No. 2631.

Decided June 27, 1913.

Gaming — Information — Pleading.

In misdemeanor cases, the information may allege the offense to have been committed in all the ways named in the statute, and where the information, under article 557, Penal Code, so alleged, the same was sufficient.

Appeal from the County Court of Orange. Tried below before the Hon. O.R. Sholars.

Appeal from a conviction of gaming; penalty, a fine of $25.

The opinion states the case.

No brief on file for appellant.

C.E. Lane, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.


In one count the information charges the offense denounced by article 557 of the Code to have been committed in all the ways denounced therein, except there is no allegation that the betting was done at a gaming table or bank. It would have been better to have divided the information into separate and distinct counts, but in a misdemeanor, we understand our decisions hold that an information may allege the offense to have been committed in all the ways named. The information being sufficient, and no statement of facts accompanying the record, no question is raised in the motion for new trial we can review.

The judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.


Summaries of

Ray v. the State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Jun 27, 1913
158 S.W. 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1913)
Case details for

Ray v. the State

Case Details

Full title:TURK RAY v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Date published: Jun 27, 1913

Citations

158 S.W. 807 (Tex. Crim. App. 1913)
71 Tex. Crim. 268

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