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> OFFICE OF THE All-ORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS

, AUSTIN

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:!onoret4o A* z. Sutton

county Auditor Xndersooa 

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## aountycourt ia 08803 and a reartian oonoaralBg ’

the Stunty attonlay.

oouutp court, 8hOUid the trial rbs the paaCe an5 the county court &eeePsed 08 

## cost* a~ulnst ttlo a+ .

*%b o~ l oasi is appealed Srw.4 Juetlce oourt to oounty oourt and **thb** derendaat la oonvioted or plead8 guilty in county uourt, should tbb county attofaby's fee asseaeed in justice oourt and tbo county attorneyto fee asaceced in oounty court both be asacered es ooste qainat the dofondant?*3ono~tblc A. J. S&toil, ?ago 2.

Artiole 1074, Vtrnoa~~ hmoteted Code of Crlzloal Froctlure , provides :

'In osoh ease of conviot~on in a ooiurtycourt, or a ccuntg ocwt at law, what&r by a Jury **or** by 0 oourt, Wore a%all b8 taxed 

### l golnst the defendnat or ?.gait.tt all defondsnta, when ssver2.1 **am** held Joi?itly, e trlA fee of PIvs %3llart, the ~::;a **to** be collsc:td nnd ~r1.i **over** 10 the EBSSC 3anncr a8 in tZe o*se of a Jury fee, and in the Ja-tiao Court the trial iee.ehall be tho sun of Four Dollara. (Au araendad

Acts 1929 41st Log., g 1; hCt.8 1329, 41st tss., lrt c. 496 ch. 236 !i: p. f56, ch. 36 8 1.)" The tr%r;l Seea lb ote prD%ided to bo srsease.l sgalnot the Defendant are to be oolleoted aad paid otar la the aac~ z&n- .nbr de la case or 8 Jury fee. Jury fear sre **taxed** acd oollsoted as aosts in ruoh oaae8. ~Tlic.ooaditiun u;on whlo3 suet' ?.rlel Pees em6 ossessad, however, 1s rolely u~@no&vict:~n, chethtr b3 a JUr3or b3 

### 3 court or 

### Justior 0r 

### the psaco.

i'ihethtr upon a plea ot guilty or la oontested oasm, s;ich trlal.fee Is aseemed in l eoh aastrhera fho defendant ie coorioted. In anaworing poor 

# rirntquestion, therarnm:, it $8 the OjSiBiOU,Of this deps~tsr,!lt **t,tXt** tier4 s deterdnat **iS OOU**  vista4 in the juatiPe oourt and on ap or1 to thb ONII:~ oourt he ie 'ltjally ooavlctol de aovo, I) ! 

## tr 6~1:oe of Fire 3ollaru in a~ldltioa

tii th6 Tour 3oller Trial iae atsoessd :n the Justioo oourt, as ~rovlla.3 ln ,:rtlple 1074, Vemon*r, Amotated 

### Coclbot Crifizzal Frooedure, ie assessed regardleae of rhcthsr R glee of guilty la atired or tpo aaat aontmted.

i brtiole 1061, Vernoa'a Anaotated Code of Crl~lng

Proobdurt, protl~e~t

Vistriot and county attorneys shall be allowed the lollovlng foaa la oassa **trial** in the dletrlot or oowty oourts **or a**  **oounty wurt**  et **Am,** to be taxed -,galnst the aereada:t: *For orery oonrlotlon underthe lewe'a~elarh danin% wtan r,o.appeal la taken, or rhan, oa appeal,iionorabls A. 2. Sutton, Pas4 3.

*For bru-7 other conrlctlon in OQRG~ 

## ordnlrdemsnor, wherr ao apgrl 1s ,takea, or ahcn oa 

### e2poal the jusgsmt 

### la

## wire, tenfl~llars. (!aotr lS76, 2. 28t).’
~ror$aar: Lrtlcle 1067, Vernon*a code of rrlA~~11 fm~tlure,

*ilhere reraral defeadmte fire trfod together, but mb rbe *hali te s:loaed snd tsxcd In the et?80 r0r the dlstriot or count7 attorrroy. 32ere tke ,!ehadants sever and are trlbd se3erGtely, a rat chall oe allcved and texed ror l ech triul.” 

### hrtlcle.1068of esfd Caleb, ~rcrldea: 

### -Ii tke ibren33at aleek+ yllty to a obar;e behro a justlo.,, the **hb** ellowed t&e attcrmy rcpreseotlng the 

### Stateshall bs five dollars. The 6ttOrn6r *ho r6pr6:6ntS **thb** 

### stat6 i?r 6 Ulbhll 

### actionIn a **justlceSs** aourt 85311 receive, 

## r0r each ooavlctiot on a plea ::r not t;silty, ,rhere nd appeal 1s takea, tez dollars.m Uticle 

### 1.069of said Code,provl.lee: wSh6rr sever&l detcnler.tf? ere ;ro~~bouted
.‘olntlp, 

### ,.nd 30 n3t~zeraroa trial, t;lD on0 attorneg’r 

### roe8 .:I&11 COallowad.w Article 1070 or eels ‘CoAe, poridest -Ho ree shall be ‘~lloweb a*ilstrlot or ccmty cttonby **tn** 

### any **oI@b attro**  **Co ,ia**  

### not **pre5Ont** 

### and rspreoenting **tbb** 

### :State, upxIthe trfal **tk6rbof, Un**  16~13he .hcs talcansome ectloo thtreln for thd Sate, or 1s present en3 rac(;ljrt* represent the St-ah at eaob reyulrrrt..ra of the oourt la whl-h rueb orlslnat sotloo is pendifig; prori3ed, that when plear or guilty 8irc 8008;rtea la an7 jwtice oourt, at any ‘ot.“.crtlma the3 tne regG,.r tars theroot, **th6** aJuntjf attorney shall receive the sua or 

### rive.30113rs. In no ca6e ahall ths oounty 

### attorney,!n oonal~!rratlon 

## or 8 pleaHonorable Ai.& Sutton wee 4

or

.rIti 

### and 1068 guilty 

### reaft say pbrt or 

### hfa lerrulroe.*

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## rr03 the, 16ague@ **used** in 

### xrtlole1061 supra, nhsn reart together, that the oounty attornby'a rbe. la basesi, 12 suoh 

### .~lsb~eanoroa.oea, upon the ooar~otion ( being final. 

### State,63 s. The 

### owrt oi orl?lbal appeals3 

### heldin Yuizarve.

2~. 329 thatwere thecountyattorneyhas a 

### 310.00 Pea **taxed** 

### in the Oouutg oourt aml also a.Gl0.00 fee taxed ir; the justice oourt, 

### he is entitledtobut oneree. r70aigbt oall you3 attentlon to Art1818 

### lOl&Vernoa'8 Cod0 of Crl.zinal 2roo6dure 

### whlohmade:

Tihen 

### a aririaal 

### eotfm or aroceedlng,ls **takan** 

### byappeal fbZ,Ol6 

### oourttoanother,ornllenever the sane la in any other rhy trausf6rrbd fro.3 ono oourt to anothtr, 

### lt shall be scoo;ipanlbb rapc complete bill or all uoeta that hart auorued therein, oertlrled to end algne3 by tbe propsr~ 

### oiiloerof the oo!i.rt fro3ahlohthe~sdoalePorusrrled;" Mm&lng.y~ur seomd questlm, 

### thereroro, it 1s our opinion thst where a oe6e is appealed to th,b oounty COW$, frozethe justice oourt, the 

### oountjr attorney would, la a **popar** oese, be w&,ltlod 

## to aaly tht $10.00 fee protlded ia Article 1061, Varnon*s innotetcd Codr 0: Crlnlnal iTooedure, whiohmy be essessud 6ni taxed aa coets ngainat the d6rbIhBt.

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