Case Name: Norman George v. The State
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1912-03-06
Citations: 65 Tex. Crim. 488
Docket Number: No. 1598
Parties: Norman George v. The State.
Judges: 
Reporter: Texas Criminal Reports
Volume: 65
Pages: 488–489

Head Matter:
Norman George v. The State.
No. 1598.
Decided March 6, 1912.
Gaining—Indictment.
Where the indictment alleged that the defendant unlawfully bet at a game played with cards, and did not negative that it was at a private house .or played at a place prohibited under the' statutes, the same was fatally defective. Following Chapman v. State, 63 Texas Grim. Rep., 494.
Appeal from the County Court of Hood. Tried below before the Hon. J. P. Mahan.
Appeal from a conviction of gaming; penalty, a fine of $10.
The opinion states the case.
No brief on file for appellant.
C. E. Lane, Assistant Attorney-General, for the State.

Opinion:
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
This indictment charges appellant did unlawfully bet at a game played with cards and does not negative that the game was at a private house, nor does it charge that the game was played at any place prohibited under the statute. The indictment is fatally defective under the decision in the case of Chapman v. State, 63 Texas Crim. Rep., 494, decided at the present term of court.
The judgment is reversed and the prosecution dismissed.
Dismissed.