WHIPPLE v. STATE

No. 27704.

282 S.W.2d 388 (1955)

Alfred Earl WHIPPLE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

October 5, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

West, Howard & Mitchell, by James L. Mitchell, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Crim. Dist. Atty., William F. Alexander, Asst. Dist. Atty., Charles S. Potts, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dallas, Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is permitting premises under his control to be used for gaming as denounced by Article 627, Vernon's Ann.P.C.; the punishment, 4 years.

Officer Harrison of the Dallas police force testified that, while dressed in plain clothes and acting undercover, he visited the Memo Hotel on nine different occasions during the months of August and September and in a room at the rear observed a dice game in progress. He stated that...

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