Case Name: CLAY v. STATE
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1944-05-31
Citations: 180 S.W.2d 946
Docket Number: No. 22826
Parties: CLAY v. STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 180
Pages: 946–946

Head Matter:
CLAY v. STATE.
No. 22826.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.
May 31, 1944.
John A. Collier, H. E. Kahn, and E. T. Branch, all of Houston, for appellant.
Ernest S. Goens, State’s Atty., of Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
BEAUCHAMP, Judge.
Appellant was assessed a penalty of ninety days in jail on a charge that he "did then and there unlawfully and knowingly permit a gaming table and gaming paraphernalia to remain in his possession and on his premises to be used for gaming purposes, being a note book commonly called a book and then and there used to record plays and bets on a policy game."
This is a companion case to that of Thompson v. State, Tex.Crim., 180 S.W.2d 944. While the facts are similar so far as they go, they are different in that the State has wholly failed to show any connection of appellant with any part of a policy game. In other words, the record is characterized by all of the defects discussed in the Thompson case and with a great deal more, not necessary to point out.
For the reasons discussed in the Thompson case, the judgment of the trial court is reversed and the cause is remanded.