**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS** AUSTIN

**.,** xr. ohor. H. Sl8ugk~er oounty Attorney naxtln oounty Stanton,Texacar

Dear Xr. 8laughtom
.~.

.Mr. C&IS. Ii. Slaughter, Maroh 20, 1939, page ,f2

1% f0 8 Prlrllege from arrest means just that;

Nvil~~ ~6 a& a ?ight and must be aonforrpd011 the De-on ala-n& it, .ithu by the ' lms of this St&s. Constitution 3 the 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 eleotion, although it 

### 38 so prorlded ia mm rktiu 

### oneof uhioh 2s Pmmsylraoia. Nattu ai BleOtiaa QdoUS, 1 Brewst?~ (Pa) X82; 6 Ca J., 366.

The 

### qurat’ion

or pclvlle~~

### rrca arrest, **but** 

### not the qUO#tloa

raised

**by** 

### nor ir bison&rod lnvoluao

4 ok Term Jk?i8prudonoo

atp8g0746,

aad **by the**  

### Supmaa Court ot Tar+8 in the 

### aasoof Oontryvs. 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*rangoof Artto SCZS qwted above, ho uoald not **bo** fq'lfilsgod

from.arrost

an&or the fahtb puotod,~baoause 'the aoaml88lonor the 

## 0rr0nreor 

### l h a o tl q

ri~tfmy **bird8** 

### 18bythe laws oS Toxarnadeamlsdammor a orim,a& **I** 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) 807u. S., 468, 86 L* Ed., 878, 63 Sop. at. Bep. ias.

The 8oolpI

of 

### tdo pirilo&. ext05d.dby the terns wtroa80n,felony aad 

### brmah of peaa@ ha8 8 resy lntuert~6 

### baokgrouad, whioh IS 

### dlacuoseed’ fn the oua M Oo a . l ml, 

### Bullmrd

V’ I* ICooper

of 

### Jail (3.877) 4 1. II* 00 

### Pa.MO. That oa8e was 

### ormwherrtn a m(LBber



### oi the &non& A88arnbly

wa8 arrested on a olmrge of la b 6a Sla mea t a nd it was irulstad t&t, **by** tirtuo of the oonstitutia1 ptari8105 **exeaapt~** men&u8 of the gO5Ual 

### l 8rrzPbly

fm azrO&, ox0-t in 0a8f380f *tmauon, rsloay, riolatlon of hl8 oath of oftloo, a5d breaoh or sumby of-the ~oaoo,~ ho was -0, aad entitledto be disohar~ed. mdi56 tb8t the -ty ooold **be** olaiaed o5ly in oltll oases, the. ooWt 8aM


### wm oo58tltutlo5al



### prlrlleip

olalmd by 

### the relator i# borMwed trap 

### the @ti@W@ olahed by **an4** aaoordbd to **mmberl Of**  ***b mthh**  Parllamaat

**.** me80 pr2rllege8war0rooosnla~ anb - ,Xr. Chas. I$.Slaughter, Xasoh 20; 1959, pa@ #3

enJoyed ln Pma8ylvania bettor0 a~& mitt
- 

### oomtitution had **been mlopted.**  **Sw Ja** 

pa* **or** op1~ooamo5 law. The 

### prlvlleg& from

z&o dF et ltroTAgrlrilQ~0 ooJdno6bo

wlthfda5youtala uaftr an6 tar 

### thl8rwaoa the

### framers of the Y.d:rel 

### U&nst$krthe 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** 

### l a wbu t

ra t he r t o nn duthem 

### l

u t a s a a n d fi x limita withis ubtoh kbeyahoul6

bo .o&n& T jn l m ra$ Sta t88 r o x l o n d

tha. a a tio n &

aaa s tl talon; a n d

l Mu t ed

8l aaa r o lil m s in a ll t he ir 0oMtltutioaa; Am tb **objeot** WalS to limit the plTllqp 

### from

arrost to that thoa djq6a by aoabus oi tho BritldaPuliaicutt, and as.t& 

### saaoIaagua~.lae~~l~a8 **hadberaadopted** 

### in BaglaM to uproar the olYamm8 for mhloh P08�rS Of PUii43MBt 8Otid b0 8??08tOd, totitt ~Wemon,Y~o5y 

### andbreaohe8 of the 9-Q@* l it fo ll o r n 

### thaiall o ft o n so8 in Ba g l a d, 

### ikprdmded in'

thewor6s 

### broaoh

of the -J?+ ueexoe~te4trcm 

### theprl~~fromarres

. Blaokatoie'MjB 

### therei1 no pieoe&entior 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 ooaotruotionof 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 there la 

## great ream311 

### r0rprim- -ta 

### rmm biTll 

### detentlon8 **and** arraste, 

### ther. 18 5650 

### to?ShieldiB6 thOa from appreheasfoa for odmt48 agaimt the pea00 aml dignity Of the Stat..=--_. .-

I&. ohas. If.



### slaughtir,

ltaroh m, 1959, pa80 #4



### Therefore,

it 18 the opfnlas 0.f thi, dapUtiiaOnt

hat tb anSU'O?

t0 m qW8tiaa id 00, an l 

### lootlon

**olerk** 

### la **not Fdvil6SOd**  **fro8 urmt-**  

### aaU that **lm** doea 

### sot oonm

nadutho Ma60 ofArt1010 SOZS, Bdrid citir 8tcrtUtOS

Of TaXaS, l988.

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