LEMASTERS v. STATE

No. 28322.

297 S.W.2d 170 (1956)

Ray LEMASTERS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

On Rehearing January 9, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry J. Anderson, Jr. and Martin & Martin, by Howard L. Martin, Wichita Falls, for appellant.

Jimmy Castledine, Dist. Atty., Wichita Falls, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


DAVIDSON, Judge.

This is a conviction for keeping a policy game, with punishment assessed at three years in the penitentiary.

Hawes, a witness for the state, testified to facts showing that appellant was guilty of keeping a policy game, as charged, and that he actively engaged in the commission, with appellant, of the unlawful enterprise. By his testimony, Hawes was an accomplice witness.

No other accomplice...

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