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 

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Prlrllege from arrest means just that; 

Nvil~~ ~6 a& a ?ight and must be aonforrpd 011 

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 one of 

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 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 h a o tlri~tfmy q bird8 

18bythe laws oS Toxarnadeamlsdammor a orim,a& 

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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 

Oo a . 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 a b 6a Sla mea at 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 0a8f38 0f *tmauon, rsloay, riolatlon of hl8 oath of 

oftloo, a5d breaoh or 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 the relator i# borMwed trap the @ti@W@ 

olahed by an4 aaoordbd to mmberl Of *b mthh 

Parllamaat . me80 pr2rllege8 war0 rooosnla~ anb 

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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 

thl8 rwaoa 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 

la w b urt a theto nnr du them l uta sa a nd fix 

limita withis ubtoh kbey ahoul6 bo .o&n& 

Tjn l mr a$ Sta t88 r o x lo tha nd .a a tiaaa o n& stltalon; a nd lM uted 8laaao lil r mins a ll their 

0oMtltutioaa; Am tb objeot WalS to limit the 

plTllqp from arrost to that thoa djq6a by 

aoabus oi tho BritldaPuliaicutt, and as.t& 

saao Iaagua~.lae~~l~a8 hadberaadopted 

in BaglaM to uproar the olYamm8 for mhloh 

P08�rS Of PUii43MBt 8Otid b0 8??08tOd, totitt ~Wemon,Y~o5y and breaohe8 of the 

9-Q@* l it fo llo r n thai all o fto nso 8 in Ba g la d, 

ikprdmded in' the wor6s broaoh -J?+ of the 

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 

there la great ream311 r0r prim- 

-ta rmm biTll detentlon8 

and arraste, ther. 18 5650 to? ShieldiB6 thOa 

from appreheasfoa for odmt48 agaimt the pea00 

aml dignity Of the Stat..= 
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I&. ohas. If. slaughtir, ltaroh m, 1959, pa80 #4 

Therefore, it 18 the opfnlas 0.f thi, 

dapUtiiaOnthat 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 of Art1010 SOZS, Bdrid 

citir 8tcrtUtOS Of TaXaS, l988. 

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