Williams v. State

Texas Supreme Court
Williams v. State, 41 Tex. 649 (Tex. 1874)
Roberts

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.

Reference

Full Case Name
Andrew Williams v. State
Cited By
2 cases
Status
Published
Syllabus
Theft prom a house—Domestic servant.—A person lured for an hour to carry wood from the street to the back yard, and passing through the house in such labor, is not a domestic servant, nor is such person relieved from the penalty of “ theft from a house ” for stealing from the house through which he passed in his employment.