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“Art. 783. when the defondaot fs only
finedthe judgzzent shall be that the State of
Texarr mcovar of the defendant the amount oi
euch fLne aca all OOBtiBDf the pmoeoatioa,
and that t&e defendant., if pramnt, be coax&t-
ted to jail until mob. fin6 and ootat8 are
paid; or if the defsndant bo not PNiWAt, that
a oaplae forthwith lrruo, aomuandlng the aher-
lsf to arrest the defendant and 09381% him to
jail until such fine and owtr are paidi al&?,
that axeaution may isauo agplnat the proparty
of such defendant for the amount Of tuch ffA@
and oostr.
*Art. 904. If the pAAi#hmeAt iU aw other
than a iiw, the jxu%pmt: hall rpa6ify tt,
ana order it enforced by the wou0r'~rOeImA.
xt sha,ll alro adjud5e the oamts &#&#a the
ifzsm ~ and order tao oolUoflon theNof
arr tit&r oaua8.
defendant lo for a fine
ai66hnr0tifrcmt the aamet
"1, W&on ~th*mount theroof ba# bow
fully paid.
*I?. Uhen remlttod by the pxopet authdrltp.
"3. Wh6~ he he8 ‘remaincld Ln ouetady for
the time required by law to mstir~y the wnouut
thereof.
-Art. 789. When a juagguienthas baaa mn-
dered againat a defendant for a peauul8ry flno,
if ha is prwmnt, ha shtil be imprirone~ in
jail until disohargad aa prcvldsd br -2.&w.‘.A
asrtlfi~d copy of BU& fti@~ont Shall be 6tJffi-
cient to authorize much imgrlaonm~nt.
"Art. 988. wbsn a poouniary fine h+r born
adjudged against a defendant not preiemt, e
oapias shall forthwith ba i6ruad for hi8 arraat.
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Honorable Wayne Lefwre, Page 9
The sheriff ahall arecute the cpameby plaa-
ing the dsfendaat in jatl.
“Art. 789.
Where auah capias issues, it
hall state the and aolouut of the
ranaiti00
judgmimt and th0 amount
-paid thereon, and
oosmand the shariif to take tha defsndent
and plaos hia in jail until tns asow& due
upon euch judaent and ths furthor coet8 of
col.Lectiq the aem6 are peid, or uutil the
defendant is othelwise legally ditaohcrgedr
*Art. 993. Whhma defendant ha8 b6ua
oo3m;itted to jail fo default of the fina and
@OUta adjudged airaituthim, the furthrr eu-
?orcsmat or 8UOh judgwnt ahall be in aoooz-
danoe with ~the proolaionrr of this Code,
wArt. 993, Wh6n a deisndant ie oonvi%ted
of a ;I?iadenmanor ana hi8 puniahnent ir a8aa##-
ed at a pecuniary fine, if he is unable to pay
the fine and ooata adjudged agairst him, he
may’for much time a8 till aclti8ft the fitagsunt
be put to work in the wo~khowa, or on tha
county farm, or publics laprovumut~~ of the
county, aa provided in th6 auwaw4;LDg .wt$.-
ela, or if thee be UC such ‘larkhouse, Cam
or iaprovmmnta he &loll ba tfdphtsn@a in
jail ~for a auff~oient lea&h of tiw to Us-
ohergs the full amount of fine and bost.8 ad-
judge6 against h&&; rating auoh Iabor or
imprisonment at Three DOlLwa ($b.CO) for e&oh
day thareoZ.* (lmdornooring onra)
Artiale 794, V8rnon'a Annototsd 3imae Dade of orin-
inal Procedure, read6 In part aa foLlowa.t
*Art. 994. Whsrs the punlsbcasnt aasetsa-
sd in a ocntiotion for aiademeanvr $8 acnii~-
mnt in jail for mom than one day, or ahsrtr in
euoh conviction the puclahaaot id aaaoltsed
only et a peauniary fins and the Hrty 60 oon-
doted is unable to pay the fine atnd costs
adjudged againat hizc, those no codvictdd ahall
Honorable Wayne Lofevre, Faga 4
be rsqulred to do mnual labor in aoaordaaoa
.xith the provision8 OS thllr attiala under tha
Soll~wlhg rules and regulstionsr
n l . . .”
Artiole 797, Vsrnon’s Annotated Tasaa Codr OS
Crl&rml Procadure,~#+adr a8 Sollow8:
wATt. 797. A deiehdant who hahasramalnad
in jail the lsngth of tima required b:r ths jud&-
mant shall be diecharged. %h8 ahetlrr haI.1
rdturn the aogy OS the judgment, or tha’oapiaa
under whleh the defendant was imprfaoned,to
the progar acurt, stating how it was exaaut~d.~
(Underaocrfog OUTS)
We quota Sroln Amerfwan Juriagrudence, Vol. 14,
pqb 70, am sollonea
Vhare the statute requires that a judg-
ment for aost8 be renderad against the ddbn-
&ant on conviction, It seems thet no other
ju&g~snt may be properly sntsmd by the aourt4
an6 it has been held that thr court ntay amen4
a jUb@Wlt Or QOitVi@tiCIn ILull PTO t?JJiS, btbB
art&r the close of the tarak, 80 as tc charge
tha QoSamIant with aaeta a6 raquirad by stat-
utm.” (citing the oascl 0r vU.linas Y. atate,
106 Ark. 471 151 3. W.~lWrJ, 43 I. R. A.
(X. 3.) 3cw.f
ivet quote rrfm 12 Taxao Jurlapruaenob, gaga 715-
“1 353 - Nuna Pro Tuna Zntry - In Cbosml
=*ir there is a raiiuva Smm any oauiub
whatever to sntar juament and pronoun0a aen-
tenoa during tha term, the judgmsat my be
entered and mntsmoe pronounaed at any suedeed-
ing term OS the ooUrt, unless a sew trial baa
bash granted, or the judgment arrerted, Or an
appeal ha6 been talcad.’ (Mt. 778, V.AS.0.P.)
(Brackets oure.)
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HOnOTable Wayne Lerevre, mge 8
The oourt also has yuwar lndepeadaat
or the statute to ent*,r jud$mat aua~ pro tuna.
“. . . . The sat applies end permit8 the
entry OS h nun0 pro tuna juclggmat in c6i381)
fihere the judment 88 orlglaally entered 00~s
nc~t iE fact axi~sas the ju&neat renderrd . . .
7Uadoreaoriag oura. )
*I 333 - *besdura - zsreat
"To warrant the entry of a judgment or
sentence nuaa pro tuac then must ba proor
that the gro?ossd judgmat or aeateaoe was
thoretoiore actually readmod or pronounesdI
but thin proof may be made a8 well by par01
a8 by reaord evidbacr.
Wotiae OS the pro,porddbatlg iaue~ be
gioba to the aoaueed; aab in a rbiony oaso
he muat be fPrssent wkeiedfhr entry ir made.
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It WC&tt;a duty OS the oouaty judaa to adjudge
.tbq oosts,agai;lst the, deiendmat in tha mQttsr inwired about!
,'hbkersr, this gx~isiaa wab apparwatlp Of#itted Srom the
jud&imat inadvertently. Revertheless the shsriri who is
required to execute the judgmat muit look to the provi-
mlona oS the judgment lind be guided thereby. The judmat
oauld elearls be corrected b a mm0 pm2 tuna #atry upon
proper motion anb proper not 31 ae.
W’s thick the proper proaeduro IA thie twitter
would be to oorrsct the jud@a;nmtOUM pro tuna by proper
prooaedfnas so as to add the prmiolon iu .the judgmerst ad-
juagi43 obete np#Iinst the dsfendaat . unt.i1this atIn Dro
tunp :udginaat WUIIectarad the bherlSS woul.d have no authority
to hold ths de?eadant far 008t8*
Vary truly your8
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