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OFFICEOF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Ea. Arthur 8. ghlakerbciako
The ndjutsclt.OIlr*ral
Auutla,Tens
UQWJ~ the awbcr it he
=It a~poarathat thlmwttm? ls not of u111osrsal
certainty awn6 ths jurists, end upon oaoamtaas a judee
aa? cslaaaea e~fmnauoiuwetl for Juryduty uponpm-
aontotlon o raotsthathe 1s a TexarStateibras-
of ti?i
mm, and ln otheronaeri such juriet my dsalinato dls-
chart3s cuaha personiroiu e6rticoan the Juryln a a(380-
c
Smorabla ;rthur Ii.Zhioke?borrk4~,h~aga2
-?!11a mttsr bss arisenic cza40 althin
t?iiO D4p4rb3ftt'S ?1OtiViti50
t?iu r+3f4r4nOO t0
tha nono~a4lcnt, asntrolatulaoamnA ai the %hms
i state ouord, aad lt lo rslt that am oplnlcux h ,
t&a r&ttorfrom tho Attirnoy CIdnoral shouldbo
atailabla ior appllaatimwhenouabmttao ~loo.*
~O&dl c, %ltiOB ‘ii, XrtiO~O 589h, YO?AOJi'O i
aumtafcd clrll stdmio proriaao:
-30 abfi.adr 00: enllotodm ai th8 Tao8
StatsOuordohall80 ur4otti 01) rrytntraat,
ax04 t tar iuOao0n oz irlow~uM.lr @rag toi
romosnlag ati or roturnlngfroa a plaaP8
wbrreho :
lo 0ra8md tc, attoad for allltaryduty. ~‘Etary .
f o ir io o8nd
r o a uo to6d
uno r l~oh.r0ro40 oholl,
aurirrg.~~,oomloo the&o br oxomp* tron *se
vlae upon say pear? ~aomito~uo *A fran ftrrytA+g,.!? :
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before
and ills It at any tlztte the oono+~lng af
38ia c4utt with ths olork thereof, which oball be
a dfla lo nt lxouo4 wltibut apwarl58 In perma. Thr
oftldavltnay be owwm to bafwo ths offloor aus-
jonIll& ouob juroP.”
mO BXMptiOA m&I jtiZy bty IS 8 pO~OOJU%i ~~i~ll0~4
uhluh rra~ ba olalim$ or waI?ti arrl$’by the Fatty far ahas. bene-
fit It has hour. ~otad. (aa To%. &r., 701. 21, ‘I). 93 ald the
varlouoluth~ltloo oltod th4rsln.I
84188 a psrsonol prlvil4m, exoz#Aon from jury se*
vIaa nay bog uoltad. (&a -33x. Jur., vel. 26, *. 621 an6 the ma-
thOPitiO8 ait th4?ein.) & Vl4U Of th4 fo?e(soing @t&tit48 OX-
raptioo f?arrr
jury ssroi~ my br aloIs& by @tatbe the u.round
thcwfor in EA ettldrrit !ewwo. to bofom QIL4 OU9hhoriZ6b to uduia-
iota oaths or barora the-stoning offloor, ena bt filing the of-
bofcm t&c oommlng of aonrt.
fldatlt4th the ctlork
In sxkawer to yolprqurablan you ar4 rsopeatfully a&load
that It lo ths ~pialan of this dopoztoaat that cmxbero ti the
Tome State c&era axa lzrept iroe coarpP1oor~jury oarrIar and thst
lmh axei%tian lo a porsoaolprlvllo$arhiah wy be clhsd mr
raivod oaPy by the party tar wh~oo bo~ofltIt has been cnataA.
The axootptlau may be alalmad la the isomer and at ths tlma spcoi-
1bd In the forsgelng statutes. '%lmh 8 r?sabsr of the T4son atat
Gmrd olalaa his #tatutarY 4xsuptlcat ban jury oarrlcoat the t&so
aad ia the monrior promrIb4a by statute, It lo the duty Of the
judge to oxc~o atrobsoabe ai tha Tsxu Btoto Guard if ho lo at- %-i;
t4AAlag caupt pikPoa3o~ oaa stating hlB oxcaptlQI. xi ai the
other bad, a mebar of the Texas Sate Guard fil40 M ~lAo~lt,
as tcwirea dtatutc, pr~s4ntIng
by the hats psrtalning to his
6xomptien, it is -znnoaoosarra In that tnotanao far hti to appear
in person ad tmloes th888 afildavlts arc err file tht, zm&4S Of
t&e r?&&c Gm& alaImln&the arml:tionshouldaOt be 4xcuscld~@x-
c6pt In opan a3uzt. Ztatrd dlfiereotly O jurorto ba ~x~ap~ mot
3 pear In open court and I;4stlfp to the taats up which !ls bar88
hi o cxmptlon or sake a wrltt45 cfildaolt, and ii14 it nith the
Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion
Combined Opinion