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m%'b :&WA M) %X68 app6llat6 0OUX-t WA666 O,A this ~tiOUhr qUbEt%Oa, and we haw been una&le to find any out-of-atate d6ui-tdeoi6ions coastrulng a statute bxaotly like this3 hut we have found'soms appellate oourt 0~806 that hrw oonstrued Ei&utb~ Similar tothi~~oae. 'I,thb ease of RX g6rtb Roquomore, 80 Tex. Grim. B. 282,~~131~6.H. 1101, ~32 L. B. A. (8.8.) 1188, the Court of &iudxal &pp.&ii of ~TbxM ~Uabdt hb 8anb kind of rsasoning m bw used herb in holding that a hasb%6ll'g6mb did notoomb within the phra8b in &t&610 "8uOh other slfltl6W6WitS' l99 of the Penal Code of 1896, and in arriving atthat ooaolusion the oourt said:
"To datbxminb this oorreotly, reooursb mwtb had to artiolb 199 of the Penal Me of 1896, oa whioh rblianoe i% had by the 6tatbto hold relator. This article is as followsr *Aq merohent, grocer, or dealer in wax-68or mer~han- disb, or trader in 6ny basinbss whatsoever, or the proprietor of 6ny plaoe of publio bmu~bmbnt, orthbagbnt or %plqe of aqvSuch person, who shall sell, barter or pewit hi6 plaoe of businessor plaoe of pulilioamusement to he open for the purpose Of tZbffio or pPibli0-S@Ibnt on Sunday, Shall be fined not 108s tbra trerrty aor more thaa fiffy dollars. The ten6 'PlUOe of public a~m851bnt~ shall ba OOnStXVbd to mean alrouses, thbatbr8, mrib+q theaters and suoh other amuscrmentaas are exhibited and for whioh an a&6ission fee is charged2 ud shall also inolude dance6 at disorderly houses, low dives and plaobs of like oharaoter with or without fees for admi86ioa.* Itwill h6 noted that th%S article undertakes to n6mb and designate the place of public amuaaent, sad it is said that it shall be 60 Oonstrued a6 to mean Oireusb6, theaters, variaty thbater6,and suoh other amu66mbnts a6 are exhibited aud for which an admission fee is charged, and shall also include dances at dis- orderly houses, low divb8,and plaobs of like character with or wihout fees for admission. That lmseball is not speoifioally n@bd, of 00111'86, is clear. Hon. Cborge Ii.Sheppard, page 4 (C-820)
Hhatwe are to understand hythb general term 'and such otheramrusbmnta as are exhibited and for mhioh 66 admission fee is charged?" clearly rltt t&Ilk amusements of a like or similar character. This seem6 to have %bbn the cou- 6trQdiOn giwn to a similar datutb %y mamy courts. . . .
"tithe 0660 Of kX pi-b0 Muokbufuss, 52 Tex. Cr. R. 467, 107 6.W. 1131,wb hgd occa610n to rbvibw aud cumidbr at length the rule of oonstnxtioa ap plicahle to a statute suoh as thi6. We there said: 'It is a familiar rule that, uherb gb6crralwords folly ; particular and specific words, the fonu- br must bb ccnfinbd to things of the sams kind. . . . The doctrine itself is thus well expressed in Lesis* Sutherland, Statutory Construction: men there are general Word6 following partioular aud spboifio word8,thb former must be confined to thing8 Of the Sam, kind. -This 18 kno6n a8 the rtib or dOofrin0 of bjusdbm gsneris.' Some judicial 8fpte166nt8ofthi