OFFICE OF THE A’ITORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
YQW letter re
reaue iron 'bebb Oounty,
diotaeat 1118 nbumed.
of ~eilwn Gounty bsgian its
OA the 9th &onday er8W the
ry, 1941, rhfoh wan the 9th day
ia a fair greaumptionthat a patit
icr the rooadl uoek of thet oourt
any oeaea OOS&IVJb&on It, ad ewh
OA the 14th and l(l8hda8 Qf @%,
we@ wbe to @B to 8,rialin the ame ot
8&e 3tete of Texan VI nix, but this awe WaS OOAtiAseb
e&Adnot tried.
*To Potit jury fees in oa~eGtato TE. Thornso
a. Dix, na. ai73 Qcwea rrop sobb Oouaty To dil00n
~UA&jWy Was use4 Owe 48y0 In en effort to ge0
. . . bl66.06 (&Ml14 wid 16, 194l.k"
*l%o woeunt is oertiilsd to as bei oorrsot
b f. 0. Fxubklin, Qlerk ot the BioDrlst3 our0 of
Wl8on Qounty, Texas, under date ot kZay lOoh, lS4-1
eisd was also o*rtiiSeil as lmlqg *eorreH and fOacd
be paid by Webb &panty to Wlso~ Oounty in osnneotfon
with the &oro ease,” br 3, B. Cart, DistrioB Judg0,
Blst Spdloial~Bistrfotof Tsxas.
mXnasmoh as ArMale 1060, C. C. 0.. qwtsd
above, refers Go the tx%al Jury snd not to tslamasn
stamfmd r0r 4 week*8 jurg aervfao, I ttiaof t.hs
oplnioa that Yebb County boss not owe tais bill and
will so adrlso our wrwles1o~~re* oour8 beoauoa I
do not .oonsMw t&o law to ruquire&ebb Bsiuxti~ in
thts lnstraoe Be pay far jurorsowmcmed for the
week in Wilson 6oun%raad not ussd In the ttial of
thfs oese.
". . .
*IMawauh es tbn are ~0 deoisioas of our
hi&es 0ouzW uadsr these two artioles and I am not
aware o? any opinion thqreaonissued by your Oftlea,
I submit it to Jou tapon8bs phiA prsrisionsof the
statutes ad reqtlest(LA opinion frost JOtW Ottleo as
to w&sti~t @ebb Gounty is llsblo for jury service
few under the peoulliar o~reumstanuss hero pre8wCed.”
Artioles 1050 and 1061, Code of Criminal Pmmtlure, reed
as tollswsr
"krtiule 1060. In all 8ases wheto iadlatmmti
here besa prssmtsd 8gafmf parsons in one eountJ
end auoh oatmas hare hour rwovsd by abang of TSAW
to anathrr rounty, sod bried therein, tha oounty from
uhloh sucrhasuso ls rssored shall be llsbk Par all
expmses inaurrmd for pay for juror* 13 trylag suah
oeuaes."
HOA. Stirling T. Phslps, page s
“Artiols 1061. 2hs oDunty oozumisuionsraof eeoh
osaurtyet ssoh re@ufar meeting shall esosrhin whr
find YOAW
tRer, rinse the lalt regular maoting, any parson has
been tried f&X’ Orins UQon a ahangs ot iSOlDany
other oounty. .Ifthey such to be the oaas they
shall me&s out sn aoaount against sueh aounty tram
w&loR suoR~6ousewas rcllaored showing the nuaibrrof
days the Jury 4n 8uoh oar08 wea aaiployedSlmreiA,
snd setting rorttbthe smount paid ior ruah jury ser-
doe1 suoh ioastmt.shall %hoA be aertiiied to as
oerreet by the oounty judge of suoh ocruptp,uPder his
hand an8 seal, and bo, by Bir, forwarded to the oounty
jodge of the oounty iroa whioh the ssld oauss.was rc
movelljrhioh aooouot'shallbe paid in the same war
as aooeunts for the safe koepfng of piso~ezw.~
Considoxing hrtieles 1066 and 1661, supra, it ir epparaAt
that the expeasa hourrod tar pay for juroro in trying such
oases Be mentioned in said stetutw is not dus aAd payebls
until the oaee of Oases are aaWaUy tried. Under tha fasta
ateted in your letter, the ease has not been trisd. Thetifore,
it ia~our opinion that ths olsbr. raoentsdby ail-n Gaudy
is premature aAd esnAot AAW be paf d by ilsbbOouaty. It and
when thu easa lo eotuauy tried ia ~ilaon Cowty end a olaiin
Is prmsentsd by Wilson County to ,&ebbCouuty, H will then
bo gl8d to oo~ider any further roquest oonuer&i$ the ssme
tht you ary desire to prsswt.
TrusCiw that the foregoily fully koswsrs your inquiry,
w* are
Yours very truly
FIRST
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