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a? A Deputy
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6 trot that the Crimiaal
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not aarry a a lnty
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ia indoibt u
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ruling l6 tohow th6shmrr*8Of~ldO 11
this awit, ii 18 18 au0 thi8 omit,
tana lII luditat*r inOp00ti0fi. Th0 mix
orermrtWBIlrtwacttt oiPreoinot 6,br
or the ~a800 4ab lar r6t\un -8 aad* Iq
lme, lt WII aoporitrd 4th the Jurtior or the Peaocl
or moin~t 6, *ho orantcld lma to 8ho Orand JurJ.
Th8re0rr th0 sheri R *a 0rrie0 hu no rooord or a aam
riled in thir mennet until lr ta rlndiobent has been
retum64.”
;tlse Catherine Lyne BarnhIll, page 2
Xssumlng thst an sxa~lnlng trial was had and your
sheriff or deputy perform4 eerrloes In such examining trial
-rovldsd in Artlole 1020 Vernon’s Umotated Texas Coda or
~~&a1 ProceUure, and thekiter tho defendant was indloted
f,x an offense based upon or growing out of the ohsrgr rile4
In the exa.uIning Court, and such indlotment ohargad the or-
Csnsr or awrde?, or sane other felon9 other thtn one under
whloh n oonvlotlon of a mIadeseanor or a relon9 whloh oerrlu
.- tha punishment of a rlne, jail rentenoe or both euoh ?Ine and
j- Iqmlsomnent in jail rag be had, than upon oomplylng with
\ the provisions of 83 i d Art, 1020, V. A. C. C. P., ln regard to
prerentlng a morn, Itorlzad aooouat, ato., a proper olaln b9
suah ofiioer :*ould be allowable.
8awetar, If the iAdiOtmeAt t¶&i;rlAUtdefeA48At IS for
a fslon9 other th%n murder but under the law he map be aonriotsd
under suoh lndlotment for a slsdemm~or, or the punlehaent as-
s8ased sEalAst his ma9 be a rise or both fiA6 and jaI1 SeAtmoe,
the State ma9 not pay sny mondy to the orrloer for hla servicer
rendered IA the @xsizinlng trial of suoh osse, until the mid
lndlotscnt hsa been finally disposed o? In ths trial Court,elthar
by 41 snlsaal , aoqulttal, or a OOAViQtiOA, snd the punishment
assessed be other thhan !I fine sad/or jail SeAtenor,
In AO event rould a olaIm egalnst the State 11s for
such fses Mtil aA IndIOCment has been ?OturAed iOr aA Offense
0r the grade 0r a rOiOA9 baaed upan or growing out 0r the oharge
riled In the ex.smIning Court.
In Cast tha defendant 1s IA4Ioted for a fOiOAy sad
upon ooAvIotlon hfr pUAidUW3At is by riAt4 or oonfinamsnt IA
thu 00uAtg jail, or by both ruoh iin0 and confineimnt in the
county j311 or oonvlotod or a mlsdemeenor, then suoh oosts
should ba taxed, assesoed *rid collected from the dsfandant,ae
ln mIsde3erlnor oaees. (so0 Ovsrrtrset v. State, 112 Cr. l?,
6. Ifi. (2) .1039; and Exparte Taylor, 142.Cr.R. 640,155 S.yJ.
w8:f I.
The olalm for such fees would not oome *through
Prsolnot 1 (Beeville Praolnot)‘, as, sooordlng to the facts
stated by JOU, the rervloes were perforaad by your Sherlif or
dspnt9 pursuant to a ooapl*IAt mad IA Preoinot 6. Your
!iherIff and deputies may perform offtoial serVioe8 iA aA
Justioe Court In sny preolnot of your County regardless oi the
raot suah preolnot hse an sotlve Justloe of the F’eaoe and ?UI
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rias CsthariniJ l.yae Ssrnhill, pago 3
3ctivc coaotnblo. The feea rOF ;ruch rarVl8ud rendered, if
collectable it *ll, fire due t!ae offloer aotu4llp pertoralng
ths srrvloa~, whether ha be Sheriff ot Conotqble,
TmstIng tba above fully ansmrs your question,
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