OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
Iionornbls C. 5. Mide
County Audl6or
Hueom Gotinty
corpus wrlati, Texas
Dear Slm
Ilowr8ble a. J. %il&O, Pqge 2
mid thoreon, and @oW blu ehorlff te take
@aa defead4nB aa4 pl4whlmlB jal1osttttk0
4wuBt duo upm anoh judgwat en4 bbr fnmler
owte uf oollootiog t&toaaao are paid, or until
the dofenaant 14 otherwlae le@l9 diaabergod.
(0. c. 700.1"
"Artlelo 793. (878) (856) 9%~ dlcmhaq@
when 4 defend4e i* 60Iwi00~4 of 8 mla4c
murmr ~4 hl6 pualoh4w~ km awewe 4t 8 jto-
walery flno lf he la oarblo to paj ths flsm
end 40&r adjudged e@imb hlrg ho nay for emh
time a4 r&l1 4ati4f9 th4 judgnmat bo put 64 mrlc
dieaharge She full amouatof floo md 448te ad-
judged a@~& hlmg ratlqg 4uoh labor or Sspr%m
wt 4% Thrw Dollar* (C3&0) fw 44&k 4a9 thereof,
Lsg., l.rt0. 8. me
4%'d La&, 206 C. S.,
r rArL 7% To go4mnmllanbop
Wmro th4 punlsbaen~ amo4red in 4 ooavio-
8len far mlrdewanor fe eonflaeaent in jail fm
I aore than one day, or w&or4 in gPoh wnvlotien
th4 purtlsmt 10 4aeo8retlonly a$ a pwunla~ry
flne end thr p4rt9 #) oamiotod io umblo b p9
I tho fin4 and o(D4t4edJ&@d asainst.tiir,thoa 40
atnviotaed4lmll bo roqu%md tn do wue%18b+Dr ta
~ooo~denoe with the prwlrioos of tb%r arktol4 un-
Qor oha l'ollowlngawl08 and ragulatlon8t
court m9 pmvibo for
Wl. ba0h k~0laaLissionors
the ereotiaaof ewerkhouso end t&444tabNWont
of 4 runty ierrs tn eona*otlon tihemlth fer Me
of utlllaing tim labor of oald pardlo4 44
purpcttto
of3n+iotedr
*a. 3uah f4.x-mand rmrk#iouro44h4llbe wdor
the cmntrel and manegom+at ai the oom&44i4aor4
wurt, and said outart aey adopt such rulea an4
regulatlon4 not lnwB8istMt WitIt the l4Wd a4
they deem neoemary for the 8uweorful manago-
merit and opsrotloa of ml& lnatltutione an& for
effeotively utilisiafleaill labor.
“3. :3mb warmm and Gumrae ma be tm-
ployecl under the authorit of ~JUJoo!amfseloners
odrt QS may be n40444ary to prevent eaoepss
and to onforao such Labor, end they shall be
paid out of+ the oounty tm44ury such wntpon~-
tion a8 ~1~. court imy preeorlbe.
“4. Thotm 80 tsonvioted ahell bs so igmx4ed
rhllo at wcmk 8% to prevent iwoape.
“5. Thry rhall bs put to labor upon tho pub-
110 roads, brld&w Or other publio work8 of the
oounty when tholr labor oennot be utillscrdln tho
countynarkhouw or 8ounty Iarm.
“6. They shell bo requirad to labor not loss
SWAB&g&t nor tDOrothan tea houre eeuh 4ey, 8un-
days oxaepte4. Eo pawn *hell wer be rertaite6
to work for more then tmo year.
“7. One who rofuaos to labor or 18 othoiriss
Nfraotory or ineuberdlnabs may be p\slehed by
solitary oonilnauont un bxwea WKI waterctrin web
other -61 eit th8 00ddmra OOUH my dlsw6.
“8. Uaon not 4t labw th4y nuy be wmflrud
in jail OP the uarkhoum, aa me9 be roost oenvaslwHi,
or 4s the teg,ulatloae of th4 omtmle~iouers oourt
nay proaoribs.
“9” A fmelr she21 in na aase be require4 to
do mrtusl labor exwpt In the rw%house.
OlO. One who dxoln age, dtswse, or other physi-
oab or nantal disnblllty is unable to 40 manuel
labor &all not bpt roquuirsd to work but shall re-
taaia in jail until his terns of bqir~sonmentis on4-
04, ox until the flae and coot@ adJu4g;ed agalnet
him am dlwharge4 aoaording to law. 5%~ inabll~ty
to 40 mnual labor ma9 be drtexmbml by a physioian
appointed for that purgoet, by the oounty Judge or
the ooarjlnsionera couxt, wh~ aim11 be pai for eush
servloe such wr,pwas~tion 0a1 caid aourt may allaw.
erinprtirs.m&+rl#pr
aat uh J~ZL aup moza pamal labor by pyund
into the oouat3 trewory of oao dollar r0r laoh
asp or the term or his iwrirowat, and tha ro-
oefpt Of ths oounty trbwwrbr to thnt bffbO6 ml
be ffufrloientauthorit r6r tw 8hdrr to dwkia
hia in jail without laL r.*
“Art. 79s. (879) (857) Authority for impriboaaont
vhon, by the $ldgwnt 0r the oourt 8 doi.&-
ant is to be in~prleoaed in Jail, a rortdld oop)r
of buoh j\rQlpswntaball be maHiolrat aothmltr for
thb clbdrf k, phe0 6wh defwduat in jbil.*
wArC. 797. (Sari (es91 Moehwgo or 40r~4wt
"A dbfomdwt rho ham rwalw4 in jtil tba
loagth o? blmo requlrsd br t& jpdgmat ahall be
4lsohbr ed. Thb rhorirr ah31 rettm t&o o
or th0 '1
udgmm, a th0 0~4~ w4a whloh zfz
40f0ndantwa8 lapri8bw4 to the propbr aotut,
diatiag hew it ww oxeoucod."
*Art. 920. (1015) (980) Diobhr& from jdl
"A d0r0adantplaoo4 in j&l on wbount of
rbnm3 to w tbb nnb ~4 00860 ow b0 di~bhwged
on habew sorpua by ahming:
'1. That he 20 too pear to pay tho fho urb
w&l, aa
*2. T&the hw rowin in jtila 00fri0iat
mgth 0r tin0 60 8~ti8ry th0 mk0 ~4 008ta, at
the rate or three dollara, for uoh 4~.
93ut the der0fiimt 8haU, In no ,oam under
this artlole be dis8hrged until &OMS besn im-
prt~~n~d fit iemi tea day68 rad 6 jwb0 0r the
pbiIO0%&T&y di6Oh?Ar@et&O 4OfdIWt UPOIIhiS dUJd43
the mame oeud, by appliaatfon to W~gh justlooi
and whba !kueh.applioation is gmntisd, the justieo
shall note the 6?3meon MS 4ooket.*
TM6 dopartaont Lea roprtedly &ml4 that rhmn l
r ia a i judgatutt or
00mlotlon la rondorod ~JIa mira0b08~
oaso against a dofentlant it Ls tho duty o? the 3herlff or
other ornoer to immdletelp eoLlaot tbo flno an4 otmtr or
to plaoo the dafeadent In Jill. fa other words, the stat-
ute means what;It saya),* Yo haro likewioore-
peatedly he&3 t&t an of 850% a oonviotod ml..@
decabsn*nt prior to the iuir4bao*nwt~s sbatieraotion or the
ju4gment of oonrfotlolr agrina6 Urn b waent or br jail or
other suthorized rerviae would be &aI ltp of ellowlng a pri-
6onor to oaea~o~
In npini0n 1~0. o-4924 or thir dOpuh0nt, ~0 h014,
werig other things that tho ju&hbnt of aonrlotlon in l i&a-
domanor 6(11&owould euthorlu t&o Subrlff (or other orriioer)
to proorod la the statute 63,thoQo or rolloetlon OS tho flno
a0d 008~8 ad that no rurb% r ardor rr0i4 the Jwtloe 0rth0
Pew00 wax neoo*aary, 19e lnoloao herowith l oopy of mid
oplDi~n whlah dlw dlaeusreo other mattora whlzh nay bo of
Rr8lotmoo to you.
The awwer to your quo&Ion till dopond upon who*
or or not tho miebumewwt h8r ntilliirbdthe flno and etmtr
alju4g.d agalnet hiin. u tho 4orsndant pep bl* rim an4
ooeto la rull 09: lays the ses6 Out ia jail or 80~~08 the
ww out on thb oeunty fwm or other wthorlrcod oountr pro-
jaot ra0 thb th ropubwd to ittiffa.Srekmtgolw8; tho8 16
beoomw the dotyof the Sheriff to ~wlrara the pAotsnbr.
The ~BW 4000 not requiru th@ @&riii 60 Ootlfy wpb &WiOr
6~ wah relmm.
Boa6mr, 15 the riftb ai 6ostsare uautibri0d,
eitherin who10 or in part, the ahbrifl ham no euthorlty to
rulea the prlsmar. The prlwner must k he14 imtll t&
judmnr; ill sully sPtisrlsd.
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