State v. Currie

Citations

• 35 Tex. 17

Syllabus

<p>Although the office of county attorney was not created in this State until.' the year 1866, yet the incumbents of that office were amenable to the provisions of the Penal Code, enacted in 1858, whereby any legislative, executive, or judicial officer is punishable for accepting a bribe, bjr imprisonment in the penitentiary. (Paschal’s Digest, Art. 1870.)</p>