HICKS v. STATE

No. 30235.

318 S.W.2d 652 (1958)

Cornelious HICKS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

December 17, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duke & Melton, Dallas, for appellant.

Henry Wade, Dist. Atty., Dallas, William F. Tucker and A. D. Jim Bowie, Asst. District Attys., Dallas, and Leon B. Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

The offense is equipping a gaming house, as denounced by Article 629, Vernon's Ann. P.C.; the punishment, thirty days in jail.

No statement of facts accompanies the record.

The State, through her district attorney, confesses error, and we agree. Bill of exception No. 1 recites that the case was filed on February 24, called for trial on February 25, and that a motion for continuance which raised the question was overruled...

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