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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS i
AUSTIN .
C.C.P., defineo8 "theardor.
ktio2P
;J;~~o$=t, o in the presenoo~of
I pronouno~ the judgment,.
and eaterod
the defendeat,
8nd ordorlqjthe mu80 to
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Honorablb f. 0.'Hobortr, pa80 2
,bo orrrlsd into oxoeution.”
In the oaao of A felony, tho tlnal aentenoe IS
the sot of the 00~t or3arin& that the oonviotsd pereOn be
sent to tha ponitentlAry. A6 an order of Court made In pur-
guano6 of lrr lt mu6t be ob4yod by a11 pereoar to whom it i8
dlreoted.
The Jailer, of oourae, ir, 4 deputy to the eherlii,
and'ao 6Uoh LS an OSilO4r OS the COWi PrOnOUnOln& the eentenoe.
I1eIs bound by law to obey the lnwful order6 of Qourt. Uis re-
fiASn1.to do SO, auoh 46 a rOiuS41 t0 ddiVar a QrlaOnor 664t4466d’
to the pOnitentirry, i6 OOnt6I6ptUOU6, an3 A8 6UOh oould and ehould
be brought to the attention of the eentenoin& Oourt for appro-
priate pUnlshmeatr See Contempt, 800. 12, 13 C. J. p. 9, end au-
thorltie8 olted.
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Artiole 6166r mkss olear the right rnd duty of the d
Tbxar Priooo System tbrougb lte authorized a!gentsto demand and
reoelve oonviotad snd sontenosd porsonn from the eberlffs-of
T0X6S l &y rerueal on the part OS the sheriff of a oouuty, or
his deputy, to surrender A oonvioted and 6eateao44 prlsonsr
. rhould b4 brought imodiatelp to tho attention Or the Court.
We turthor 6we46t that, in the event a sberirf or
006 $11bin deputies should re'fuse to d4llYOr'Suoh a prisoner,
the penitentiary ngsnt Should prsaent hi6 oqmaltment papers to
the Court and give laiormatlon to the Court of suoh refuSa1.
The Court,‘under suoh oirOUmBtano46, would or should, o$ oour6b,
ttks lmmediete aotlon to 844 that its ordsre ars carried lnto
.lmedlato effeot. In thr mmt Approprlats aotion should not
be taken l.n my 6UOh ifU3t6llO0, ~4 6Ucg66t that all oi the~iaOtS,
lnolublag the oifiolal rooords,. be iOrnrArd4dto thl6 oftloo irr
w;;inthAt w; May, on boh~lf,or~.t~ Stattr, tak4 apprOprlat4
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Elbort Hoopor
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