OFFICE OF THE A’l-rORNEY
ITORNEY GENERAL
GENERAL OF ‘TEXAS
AUSTIN
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ArromnOmmu.
AlTomn
Bonol*blr Ben Dmir Oeerlia
Cout;t Attorney
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hTa#on,
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Your requort for op
auerully aonslllerd by thlr
y0uf requwt l 8 rallow~:
_-_ Wll you ilo m
tol@wiq &woblear
ram the cQlw5.8efonor4i
court
ve pte a total or #LOO i?or laeh
1. undrrra%and it! the fee whioh I would
be eBt2tlOd t0 in 8bWb $&I rUli riB8 UJd OOBtl
were pcrld.
fionorablo Ben Davis Osaalin, Fag@ 8
to whlah I am not entitled. Kill you please
write me and 1st PLOknow just what oourao
should be followed. II tha above uplanatlon
la not full anou@h pleace let M know and I
will attempt to ~rplaln further.*
Article loss, Vernon~s 4nBotatra Coda or Criminal
Prcc~dure, raada se Sollowsl
“Tha county shall not be liable to the
OffiWt ‘and WitBOSS h8~lng OOSt8 1~ 8 dSde-
meanor oaae where dafandant pays hia fine amI
00mta. Ths oouaty shall be llablo ?or orta-
bsir or the ram8 of the 0rrioua Of tha Court,
whan the 4arandant falls to pay hla rlna and
lays his rlaa out In the county jell or dla-
ohargaathe 86ma by meant3 0r workingauah ritk8
out on the oouaty roads or on any oounty pojaot.
AM to g8y 8Uoh hair ao8te, the County Clark
shall iaeue hlr warrant on tba County Traaaorar
in faror 0r sueh 0rfl0w to ba paid out of thr
Road and Eridge Lund or other fnads not other-
wlaa appropsiated .*
lrtlols 920, ?arnon*B Annotated Co&e of Crlalnal
pT000aw, appliwble to surtioe courts, roads SR r0Um8:
=A derandantplaoau la Jail an acoouat 0r
failure to pay the fine and mats oan be dla-
obrr&eQ oa haboas corpus by @having:
“1, Tht he la too poor to pay tha rim
and coet5, and
“2.
Thet he has ramaload in jail a aui-
riciant length or time to satliy the rin8 and
aomtu, at the rata 0r thras dallarm r0r aaah
day.
aoi the defendant *ball, In no ~888 under
thir artlola, be diaaharged until ho has been
lmpsiaoned at least tan days2 and a juatloe 0r
the. pea00 nuy dlrobarga the dafendant upon his
ahowlng the aama aauss, by ap.plfeatlon to suoh
justiae; and wben auuh a~pllcrcrtlon la granted,
the Justlos ahall not6 tba same on hla Ilooket,*
,
1.
lionorablo Bon Davis Qeaalln, Page 3
iJn6dsr the feats atated~in
sorvicc of the defendants wag prl+ 2 ~~~l~;~~~zl~~
and not after their convictlon.
no c~i~l~ally be al.fcrea for jell service a
to ocnvlotlon.
It
is our further opinion tbat the Justice bad
no authority to give the dofandanto oredit for oaid Jail
eervicaald that the defendants &ill. owe the balance of
their fine and co$t6, an6 earns ie nova oollaotlble a6 in
other carom.
It 18 our further opinion that the county la
not now liable for any ooste In the aa6e to any ofrioor
under tb fact6 ststed.
For your inform&ion we are maloalng barawltb
oopiss of opinions #OS. O-l@&8 and O-1792 of tbls Aagart-
ment which baa1 with collmotlon of lines and costa in
Juatfao Courts.
Very truly yours
WF: lb
2 sno.