Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas October 15, 1941, No. 21644 (Canizares v. State)

lead-opinion

GRAVES, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of operating a gaming device called policy, and was awarded a sentence of three years in the penitentiary.

The testimony shows that this game was operated in Houston, Harris County, by means of the services of persons called “runners” who would sell policy tickets at various places throughout the city, sometime on the streets, keeping a copy