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41 Tex. 649

Williams v. State

Texas Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1874

Texas Supreme Court · decided 1874-07-01

Tried below before the Hon. Samuel Dodge, judge of criminal court. Williams was indicted and convicted of stealing twenty-five cakes of the value of one cent each, and one dollar and ten cents fractional currency, from the house of Adolph Heis and Jacob Weis.

Decided 1874-07-01

Roberts, Chief Justice.

¶1Was 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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¶3We 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.

¶4Judgment affirmed.

¶5Aeeirmed.

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