Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF% THE A’lTORNEY. GENERAL OF TEXA!5 AUSClN . a6iotmoat tor Without the asoessity or ~on~ldering the l%plltT or the prooe~ 'or that~portloa requiring the 0h0riff to rt turn theprilrowr to8aoA~tonio,itOt~~dthout remon that thent3h0rirmhen he~pOriormd the OOrvlOO m not travolltngto Sen Antonlo tiiahthe priOonor snd mturai.n& to his eouaty under any at'tho writ0 or proooemos r~ntionsd in or Mda oitou~~~.~~or within the above prmislo~ or the rtatuto fer wbioh.9 aUeaSo to0 10 authoeiard. Similar pnwft3fonr ae set forth above an rod in the prOocldCa6ArtiolO 1.029or the statutom.In a aon- rOIY3509OpiaiQBiSddrNicl0dt0 ~DP UJidOrdate.IS ikosrrba 1% lUS7, tais department ronatrosd Artiolr 1oa9 atdtbo re goins provlnione to author&x0 00rtaiunileag0 f80 provided therein to be oWS0d in arrtaia aam undo? a %Onohar?aJJ 397 Eeaoiwblo hW&$e 8. Sheppard, P-8 8 holQla$ th%t ~i@ffa aad ooastabla8 am entitledto reeeire r008 r0r- OtOOufj a benoh warmat, rot rowing pri80~1~ rrfm thb penltant Yi ry br oouaty jair OOuiothe?OountJto the diatr~ot oourt~i~.tho~r OWB ooua~ to bo tried ona felony OhrgW ft waa..pointed out in that oplait#a, horeter, tbat in earra~whors~Wi* 8herirr ha8 not had the prhonsr in ai8 oust0 on tha‘.am Oharg4 pri00 to the isruanor of the b.neh w%rmn 7 ,* it wmld bo noeoarary for him to pmoerd with the oaphaa as well .+awith a,benoh warrant ror the purpose or mmJ&t&the arm@. lToit&P the oapiearorboaohwarrdnt is rclquired to be rooognixwl bj,the Federal authorities who hold the person as l Gb~ral priaoaer. 8inoo they turned over tbcthe %herili their,$rfaoner, at whioh tlmo lt~,I8 prrrumd the ar- h-oat wxa made,.he then beoame the prlronor or the 8herltf _ whore duty exteadsd no furthor than to ooavey him baak to hla owa.ooanty Jail OP to bring him before the.oourt iaruing the benoh warrant. xa a@ far as the Padoral authoritfer or the bench warmint is oono?jrned,r%q\taing him to raturn the pri- sonor to the Pk~dSralJell after trial on the~felon~ ohargo, r008 ror til#aso so lnourred~ero not pro~l.dod ror nor d.thia the p~niew Of,the statute. I :. 1 When WJ look to the above ru?idirialon 4 of tke arti- ., ;’ ala aad attmpt to apply it ciloao’to the Laot8, the shherirr, though ers~#,tit&bbth e,oapiaa end bonohwarrant In going to the Jail l~~:Auatli,was not traveling for the purpoao of m- morfq~ a prisoner. lo cannot atond the nmaning ot the roti ~priaouar* to lno&ude I?ederalpri8onrr’:ono outside tha reaoh :0r the pmm8868 0r 8 atate omrt. Under the roregoing raot8, aubdlvlalon 1 is to be aonatrmd with aubditialon 4, and rinoe .ths 8herirr in goiag to the Jail in Au%tiB wa8 traveling ain. gOi t0 the pl800 Or arTo8tun he ia lllmsd mileage on m- turo with his pri8oner a8 provided in iubaeotlon 4, but not withoutfurther.1bitatlOn. SrrahEl.i1U80’fU appur8 b7 the pro+,iaio~ or subdivialon 1 to ba remt~iotod by the lang~go qor aenreylng the prisona? or priaonen to jail-w The atat- ute doer not dllow mileagesfor any tarthor,point or teaus after -king xn arrest and for removinga mlroner, than the jail over whloh the shariif is ~%oprr. Btatutea preeotibing tooa for giubllooffioar8 am &rintly aomtrued and the sheriff is entitled to nuah feea as statutes authorize. ::Bi&hamv. State, 818 8. Em 147, judgment reversed (Cm. vf Asp.), 280 8. tie1042. It is th6rofom the op%aion qr this doputwit that the #herif?, maderrth% irota rat forth, is sot satitlad to dloago ins fqr retumifq t&o prisoner e8tet tdel on a r0lonJohar88to bha fdezal jailin San &buIio. Tours r6rp traly '