Texas Supreme Court, 1874

Williams v. State

Williams v. State
Texas Supreme Court · Decided July 1, 1874 · Roberts
41 Tex. 649

Williams v. State

Opinion of the Court

Roberts, Chief Justice.

Was the defendant a domestic servant by being hired for an hour to carry wood from the street to the back yard, he having to pass in carrying it through a house, from which, while passing through, he stole some cakes and money, is the only question in this case.

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We think that did not make him a domestic servant in the contemplation of the law, which relieves a person on that account from the increased penalty imposed on stealing from a house, which subject has been considered and discussed at this term more fully than is required in this case in the case of Wakefield v. The State.

Judgment affirmed.

Aeeirmed.

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