legal meaning of term “bet” is the mutual agreement and tender of a gift of something valuable, which is to belong to one of the contending parties, according to the result of chance or skill or both combined
How later courts described this case
- legal meaning of term “bet” is the mutual agreement and tender of a gift of something valuable, which is to belong to one of the contending parties, according to the result of chance or skill or both combined
Written by the judges who cited it.
Later courts went against this
Overruled on other grounds by Green v. State, 1979 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 1328 (1979)
" Attorney General Opinion JM-412 at 2; see also Odle v. State, 139 Tex.Crim. 288, 139 S.W.2d 595 (1940), overruled on other grounds, Green v. State, 578 S.W.2d 411, 413 n.l (Tex.Crim.App. [Panel Op.] 1979); Ellis v. State, 80 Tex.Crim. 208,209, 189 S.W. 1074, 1075 (1916, no writ).
The opinion
ON appellant’s motion for rehearing.
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
Our conclusion, after re-examining the record in the light of appellant’s motion for rehearing, is that we were correct in holding originally that the evidence warrants the conclusion that appellant was guilty of bookmaking.
We are also of opinion that the charge of the court adequately presented the case to the jury.
The motion for rehearing is overruled.
The foregoing opinion of the Commission of Appeals has been examined by the Judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals and approved by the Court.