Reeves v. State

29 S.W. 786, 34 Tex. Crim. 147, 1895 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 51

• Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
• Decided: February 23, 1895
• Docket: No. 488.
• Status: Published

Opinion

DAVIDSOH, Judge.

Appellant was convicted for playing at a game of cards in a dugout, where people commonly resorted for gaming purposes. The dugout was disconnected from the saloon, but used to some extent in storing whisky, which was used by the saloon-keeper in his saloon business. The dugout was resorted to for the purpose of gaming, and the saloonkeeper would send drinks into the dugout when called for by the players. It was contended on the trial, by appellant, that this constituted the dugout a place for retailing spirituous liquors, and therefore there was a variance between the allegations and proof. If the fact that drinks were sent to parties engaged in the gambling in the dugout should bring it within the meaning of a place for retailing spirituous liquors, still there was no variance, for the proof is, that the place was commonly resorted to for such gaming purposes. The court did not err, then, in charging the jury, that if the dugout was shown to be a common resort for gaming, it was immaterial that another business was carried on there.

The evidence fully sustains the conviction, and the judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.

Judges all present and concurring.