Case Information
*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN ., xr. ohor. H. Sl8ugk~er
oounty Attorney
naxtln oounty
Stanton, Texacar Dear Xr. 8laughtom
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Mr. C&IS. Ii. Slaughter, Maroh 20, 1939, page ,f2
Prlrllege from arrest means just that; 1% f0 8 Nvil~~ ~6 a& a ?ight and must be aonforrpd 011 the De-on ala-n& it, .ithu by the Constitution 3 the ' lms of this St&s. Waithu tha Conrtltatlon JIO~ & 18wa Of the State ai %XM DrotidO that at2 elootlon ovrk 8bll
be pri+ilegeb from arrest during his attendanae.rt aa eleo- tion, although it 38 so prorlded ia mm rktiu one of uhioh 2s Pmmsylraoia. Nattu ai BleOtiaa QdoUS, 1 Brew- st?~ (Pa) X82; 6 Ca J., 366.
The qurat’ion or pclvlle~~ rrca arrest, but not the qUO#tloa raised by nor ir bison&rod ln voluao 4 ok Term Jk?i8prudonoo at p8g0 746, aad by the Supmaa Court ot Tar+8 in the aaso of Oontry vs. aritiith, 87 TWX; 462. Jw thi8 raa8oa. me must look to $hr dooidonr or the 0ourt8 in other jurlsdiotlonr for guMano~. ,
m62I thopdm UJ aOOti0~ OiUk did OQU within the*rango of Artto SCZS qwted above, ho uoald not bo fq'lfilsgod from.arrost an&or the fahtb puotod,~baoause 'the aoaml88lon or the 0rr0nre or l haotlq ri~tfmy bird8 I 18bythe laws oS Toxarnadeamlsdammor a orim,a& tile prprlvllogs caverod by the Uorwald~Art~al~ doe8 5ot utead to orfmea, but ooWr8 otir pritil8g8 trca oivril U?OSttr. will1ams0n TO* u5ltod eator! (1907) 807 u. S., 468, 86 L* Ed., 878, 63 Sop. at. Bep. ias.
The 8oolpI of tdo pirilo&. ext05d.d by the terns wtroa80n, felony aad brmah of peaa@ ha8 8 resy lntuert~6 baokgrouad, whioh IS dlacuoseed’fn the oua M Ooa. l ml, Bullmrd V’I* ICooper of Jail (3.877) 4 1. II* 00 Pa. MO. That oa8e was orm wherrtn a m(LBber oi the &non& A88arnbly wa8 arrested on a olmrge of l ab6aSlameat and it was irulstad t&t, by tirtuo of the oonstitutia1 ptari8105 exeaapt~ men&u8 of the gO5Ual 8rrzPbly fm azrO&, ox- 0-t in 0a8f38 0f *tmauon, rsloay, riolatlon of hl8 oath of oftloo, a5d breaoh sumby of-the ~oaoo,~ ho was -0, aad entitled to be disohar~ed. mdi56 tb8t the -ty ooold be olaiaed o5ly in oltll oases, the. ooWt 8aM
wm oo58tltutlo5al prlrlleip olalmd by relator i# borMwed trap the @ti@W@ olahed by an4 aaoordbd to mmberl Of *b mthh Parllamaat . me80 pr2rllege8 war0 rooosnla~ anb *3 Xr. Chas. I$. Slaughter, Xasoh 20; 1959, pa@ #3 enJoyed ln Pma8ylvania bettor0 a~& mitt oomtitution had been mlopted. Sw Ja law. The prlvlleg& from pa* op1~ooamo5
et ltroTAgrlrilQ~0 ooJdno6bo z&o dF wlthfda5youtala uaftr an6 tar thl8 rwaoa the framers of the Y.d:rel U&nst$kr-
the olau8d detllqg what the aoabua of Congr~r 8hoald bo and whloh they- mot a04 TM objd n8 not to OMato thB prlylloge~ therein uprured, .
torth~~~establlsho&byoaraoMm law but rath er to nndu them l utasa and fix limita withis ubtoh kbey ahoul6 bo .o&n& Tjn l mra $ Stat88 r oxlond tha .a ation& a a astl- talon; and lMuted 8la a ar olilms inall th eir 0oMtltutioaa; Am tb objeot WalS to limit the from arrost thoa djq6a plTllqp to by aoabus oi tho BritldaPuliaicutt, and as.t& saao Iaagua~.lae~~l~a8 hadberaadopted in BaglaM to uproar the olYamm8 for mhloh 8Otid b0 8??08tOd, P08�rS Of PUii43MBt to- and breaohe8 of the titt ~Wemon,Y~o5y 9-Q@* l it follo rn thai all oftonso8 in Baglad, ikprdmded in' the wor6s broaoh of the -J?+ ueexoe~te4trcm theprl~~fromarres .
Blaokatoie'MjB there i1 no pieoe&ent ior say’ auoh prlrlle6. but oaly in olvil suitm. . .
Itraybe 8&y oonokdM-that tbo prl*ilqo tm 8PteSt i5 ksrim’18, 15 m OISI, -tU thaathe mm0 privilege lnZk@nnd. llo oannot, by,a llbual ooaotruotion of the lm(puga of
OPT CCmstftutiOS, Mb?& tha pl-itiO@S Ot Oar 1i~81dOM boyoad those .fax’aerly enjoyad by ~or8O?thbPar~~errtfn~usb.~o8~, cO58t. MO. 865. m0 rda&n Of the bw 18 its la great ream311 r0r prim- there rmm biTll detentlon8 -ta ther. 18 5650 to? ShieldiB6 and arraste, thOa from appreheasfoa for odmt48 agaimt pea00 aml dignity Of the Stat..= *4 --_.
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I&. ohas. If. slaughtir, ltaroh m, 1959, pa80 #4
Therefore, it 18 the opfnlas 0.f thi, dapUtiiaOnt that tb anSU'O? t0 m qW8tiaa id 00, an lootlon olerk la not Fdvil6SOd fro8 urmt- aaU lm doea sot oonm nadutho Ma60 of Art1010 SOZS, Bdrid citir 8tcrtUtOS Of TaXaS, l988.
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