Five in One Family
A short local item on a sheriff's unusual duty of serving citations on five children of one family, a small window into rural law enforcement of the era.
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The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896 · Page 5
1 min readSheriff Purl of Williamson county came down last afternoon to look after a Mexican who is wanted in Williamson county. He stated yesterday that he had, during the past week, done something unusual in his line, in that he had served five citations on one family and they were on children ranging from 8 months to 11 years of age.
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