Wilson and Ellis v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTIAN, Judge.
— The offense is accepting a bribe; the punishment, confinement in the penitentiary for two years.
It was alleged in the indictment that appellants were “the duly qualified and acting deputy constables of precinct No. 1 of Wichita County, Texas, and peace officers.” Appellants made a motion to quash the indictment on the ground that deputy constables are not peace officers within contemplation of article 36, Code of Criminal Procedure, which reads as follows: “The following are ‘peace officers’: the sheriff and his deputies, constable, the marshal or policemen of an…
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