Broughton v. State

1. An essential element of the offense defined in section 122 of the Penal Code is enticing, persuading, or decoying the servant of another to leave his employer during his term of service, and proof of such facts as establish that the accused did one of these things is essential to sustain a conviction of the offense therein defined. Hence, a conviction under this section can not lawfully stand where the evidence in this regard shows no more than that the servant left the place of his employment in company with the accused.

2. On the trial of one indicted under the section referred to, a…