Morse v. State

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

The appeal is from a fine of $25.00 assessed upon a conviction for permitting a child of eleven years of age “to work and be on duty between the hours of 10 P. M. and 5 A. M.”

The prosecution is under Article 1576 of the Penal Code of Texas. The State’s case was made on an agreed statement of facts and the issue is concluded by determination of what is meant in Article 1576 by the expression “between the hours of ten P. M. and five A. M.” The question in this case arises by reason of the Act of Congress which changed the legal time for certain operations to what is known as…