OFFICE OF THE A7TORNEY GENERAL OF 

### TEXAS

AUSTIN

Eonorab3.eI(iraL. Bennett, Jr. Distriut Attorney lWm8ngee, Texas

Dear Slrr Opinlaa Ho. oRer Did t&e

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ed 8tatemat 6f faute malatoP viPgl1 Bovnd8wa8 oeorioted 6f burglary ln the or-1 **tlL8tPlot** Connty,Texm, aud tk@taa the c, 19X, was rentaeed to four yewe oaaflameat ia the state pcmitmtiaa-y of Texa8 ad was mmived In the **rrtatb**pslastent5rrg at Xuiztsville, **Texas,** 011. Juwwy s'; 193& that thereafter ua Ray 1, 1939, the relate, VWg!ll Bounds, bg Px'oo~tlca So, 3E558af the oovbzmor of the State of %WM VIE gcoted r 

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### ocmditiaredtb8t ha aooept the jsb exwE2L off

### Be&umtmt,Taxas,andmka acmeprovlsica fw his nottier; t&et be totrllr 4bslmIn fmm the u8e of latoxluatiag'Uquorm of eve+rykind and ebaraoter and that the aelrtor aaoept tke @aLidoopdltlonalpudm~ tbatthmwafter ~1 the 20thday of Jwm, 1940, bJ ProolMltfim No. 1603the amditianrl pu?donhereinbeftmo ref4x4rQdto 

### @ented to the celator va8 revokcrd**by W.**  **Lee**O'Daniel, Gw4Pn6r oi the stat4 of ~oxaa, for the reeSQ8 ret 

### out them4n and cmffla in the office of the Seamtaryof Sute~ tbtca Septe@er?6,1940, the m?lator vaa reoeired 

### at the eats penitatlrr~ 

### at Eunt~vllZe, Texas, 8a 

### a oonditional pardrza riolrtor and that at muohtS.neth4 

### wostlm amI oammutrtlmtim4tbrt tilt8IzIlStopha6oUma6pior to l&by1. 1939, vu by the auth~ibioo of the Texas 

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### &adoetatiaa tjlPs not been farfeitod t&4 relrfoz vould b4 Olltithd t0 hia didlRl'@il f!PQSth0 TO%88

### 8trt4 Prritmttimy at tlm the; ft ia further agmetl that a Soptoaber 26;, 1940, Hien the mlatar vaa **rwtwaodtotbFua8** State Prirakl1~mtha **ad** 

### 2 dayavoroforieited~t&at at 

### rnabt&w l.acmth and 13 day8 oamutatian time vba foa'folted; It ti further agrood that 0. J. 8. l!lli.n$son **aad Y.**  **Y.** Wlrid, the 

### rcwpondats herein, aamrertrUMn$ the Ubwt;r **of** 

### the **ved.ator, YirgU**  **Bcwnde, by**  

### vl.rtua otandtmderthe authority of **the** Judan\tmd samtsaae nrde aud mtaed in Jofrwaao ootaty, **Toxam,**an or 

### about Aovember 9, 1937, m6 mder 

### and br r&r&e of the 

### rwouatiar of the atmlltloa*l plzldm *II hersintwfozle eat 6ut~ **it 18** 

### furthorshovn end egxwod

### horeinthat evr%tOSWaeaa~orpu8vp8 diilr imwd by tha Dletrfot Olosrkof SfSlk4P&nasty, **Texas, tmdor**  

### direaticmof theOlrtrict **Judge** 

### of **rr;ld** 

### county, **cm**th4 third dar of Xey, 1941, ad 

### vaa @azved thereafter cmthe 4th tix of rta;rr,1941, by C. L. Idltohell, Sberlff' of WIulcrr Qomty, Tsw, ad that in axuwer to the nit of btmuw ooxrgurrerved 

### th4 reupandenteW.W.WaidMQ0.J. S.~lSngsoah.~e
nov pi+duuo the relator %IZ and to raid Omrtra&no~Poble MacL. Bennett, Jr., Page 3

Ax+icle 6166~and 6166x-1.of 

### Veraan* Annotated @iv11 Statutes of T4xa.aprovide aa iollowa:

**“ Article**  6166~. In order to encourage prison dlsoip~lne, a dlst ctlm my be msde in the treatmt of prlsontea 80ks to extend to c;ll such **as**
are om%mly, lndustrlotm and obedleat, comt’ortaand prlvll4gs waording to their deaerta. ?%ereward to be **bestowed a~** 

### priaonerafor**gooU** amduet shall cmmiat of aueh relaxation of strict p~lsm rules **and** extension of aooisl pltlleges 8s maybe oai

### slateslt

vlthproper&pisc1plllle, commltat1on of time for good cam&metaball be granted by the saw%@?, and the following deduct&m shall be madef5oa1the t%rm0)’ terma of aentenaea vhen no @lame Of **IklLaom** duct MaSbeen auatained **Against** %~~BORol', viz *
tgee th off of the first yearfa sent&e3 &ys per monthoff of the seecod year of amtaae~ four days pep raatih off of the thiml yea2 of stintmce3 

### rived~ya per wth off of the rourth pisr of segtance3 air daye per maktb off or the tlfth yeer 6f aaittmce; 8ev4n dspa per aw21t-h ofl of tke alxth year of acmteme; eight d8ys per mcmthoff of the 

### aw5lthy68ror amlt4n44~ah4day4 perrcmth ofr of the eighth year of ae5tace;t.a dayI permaal off of the ninth y4A.rof ae&t4mz43?u%3en &8yapar maNi **ofr** of the tea&h gear, and all aaaaeediag years of asarttmce. 

### Apzrlsonsr mder tva or more oumlatlve ssaterwea al11811

be tilowed eoawtrtian 

### &aif they

**ttiFns** ulthout exgense to the-stAte, euak forfblture my be set aside by the mawkger. For extra m%?itorlous conduct on the part of any prisoner, he aball be reoormended to the favorable ccaaldepation of the Govemmr fir increased cozmutrtion **or** p&Ma~, and in
case of ang yxlscaer whoshall have esoaped md been captured, part oz all of him good tleie th-areby ferfelt& my be restored by the VF, ii in his jelaanthUi subsequent canduot asltltlss hia thweto,*m2wWabl4 Xae L. Bmanett* Jr., P8ge 4

"artitde 6166x-1. Prismor amfined in the StatePadtaotlary ahsllbe k4ptrtr+'kwider such rulea rsd 

### regdatiara Asrsybs preacribedbythe gmmral rraager,wlthtbe camant 4ndrppmvalof the hiaon Fioard,provGI4dthatno px'faarer shall bemquIredtororkmr4 thantaahousa p4rdayexoept ~1 vork neceaa8ry and ssaentl81 to efflalent orgaala*tioP of cctaviot forces, rhlcb **time** -1 Include thetU8 spatin g4i.ngto4ndrvtumlng **framthel~wa~k, bqtnotto**  lncludethe int4m.U

### aiutfordfImor,lhiohul8l1n0tbe lra th*116kk4 hmm,aadia ci84484fapSBn4ceasary8d4aa4%tlAl ove?tlm **verk,** mid prlaopsrr 

### l hrll r404%v4l doduotl~fromthalrarrtaae ofdoubl twxwwa vorkear md wwfm frirthar that toi hom8 skd cmatl&te a-day to be d4duoted fp4maii wmtao8, This hec88suy 

### andeaaentirlvwk” 

### aballbe aubA strlat 8caomtlng at oF4dlt mmrdeof ellovortirsa38ma~ 

### ahallbekeptbytba yain~~ofthe~tO~Chthrr~i8~- formedmdm~~~l~tod~ 8 report 

### aMllbera&medto th%gaerol w 4aohmth, rhotarrll'qprow all apohevtilma be&r. it is placsd 

### tothemwut
or th4lprto. TM g4ll4r4Jmamg4P Rball,rith t&e omaat ad rppFo+dl of the Prl~aI Jso8sd,.MY4 al4 pwer to deal(prrt8 44Watn flxed ove*irs hours
~hieh hs 0o~ufm8 dr~tdm fw th4 

### 4rnam porfor~~e of my prtialUr imrk, **&xd**~4 inrrte sh811 r8c8lY4 azIponrtlae at all UAleas a8m la attwtedbytho offlce~ in ahargo ofaaidlnmte,vho must oertffYfr6Rhle olmklwul4dm thataasdov4~- 

### tZaiewaa6otnalSyearneU.Forea&attat4fwd otni44ccnductin vIol.&tiim oftiyrnl Dam to prlacmor, all 4ammtrti&r e+rnad **br atsh**  w4rts.m vaP3csnail D4

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ubj84t to ocurJtlet4f4rfeltur4. h n4.b~~to pnd rstuming fraawmk ~Hamers ab8llnot 64 Gqufrad to travel-faster 

### thuia wa2.k. lo $rerter Aaomt 0flAbwahal1b4 requ3red ofmlypr~ams than hia Fhyslcal health md 

### strengthvi11 reumably p8rmit,nm ahallasypriaaaerb4 plrcradrta~whlabr

es the 

### prism physlcl~~ my pmmunee h&nunrblb to p4rrarm. a0 primu2w, upm 

### h.taulnfaalm to t&8PIstp, ahallb4rsa~4dtocuny IrWw untflf3mthmla(g**Bommble** mo L. Rennett, Jr., page 'j

beea exambed by the phi8ux phyalcrlan. Amyoftica or employee 

### rlolatitlg ey provuiar. or thla Sectha, ahall be dimtiessd fpon the aenice. Thlr Act ahall be PetrWtive and beoars effe~- tive 

### aaof June 1, 19%. 

### Aota 

### P. **534,** 

### I 1.O 19 9,

(Undersoorlng aurn5 46th Leg.,

It18 etrted ln21RultigCase uW,pagellg2,Seetion 28, that;

'Oood aonduot statutes me irrmd vith the intmtlcn of Uproving p~?isandlsolpllna smdbve that effeot ii their sptoraemmt is 

### allowed. The oredlts are arid 

### to be inthearture ofrpqmmt
or revard by the atate to the aemviot for bie geod behavior, io order to stiaulate hip to oQfol¶ to the m&lee

### of the iaatitutltm 8nd to **aroid** t&e 88u~ or eraerr an

withfavor bothby atateankulerallegielaturee, Slaoe the shertaring of L 

### asntmmsbyreaao of goodbehatiozia abeaofit eaSerred bythestate, ;: I”

,eyyy depeadeatQLthe*tatate aroi6mlag

. The of lmpriaamfmtprovidedfor by

Ia the ease of Rxpsrte **@eKema,** 64Atl. 77, the SupremeCourt of Yermmt, undsr faota 8imilar to thoee here Involved, held aa follewai

=Theseat6moe ID for the aulauutsm,and therllmfazmefor goodbebrieris tobededuated from the -term. The deduetlen8llouedfmr $oodbebriol.p~tioostothsaood;itri~~~ is not forfeited by the bm8oh of the acmditioam of the pardoa,butstPrdeta the oreditvf the pri8amr in the fiaslocmmutatim ofhI aentfimoe, 

### Uhen apri8<ner!

### vh0haabeenat lug8 cma eon&- tioiaal paMa% is recaslaitted ta eerve the reml&erHonorable J&c L. Renaatt, SF., Pap 

### 6

of hia tera, th6 Almaho has so bea at Urge is not to be treated JMtire eerved was h$a amtame. TheremUader of the term to be served ra re~c8anlltment18 that psrfi of the term that rl¶Iml&l**ed** unexplzvd **at** the time he v&a sat at lmge by the ccndltimal psrdon. ”

In the oane of Stat0 vs. Hater (Iowa) 100x. Y. the @avernor grroted the pieater i oomliticaul ~~MQQ ad, 510,

aa-af Other OQtditiOW i~~wed **by** the **ttovemor,** it van provided

“Whatever 8llowanee and rebate he ray haov heretofore earn***by m88ai of @oedGoduct vhile luoaroonted In the pomitmtiary vi11 be 

### forfelted by opervtf~ of SW& rwowtiar, md he will be thereupa rwa8atttod 

## tswrve the nrining period oi hlr erQfa81 8Qtanae, 

### sitbut eny mu bto er allov8nao for good timbhs*etsioro eunuLn

“The

### l trtutosy pmv~aiaxa **aa** to dirdnutl~ of lmprlsamaat for gwd omduot doqot, parhape, amber upw thv priraner ray lew1 rIghtI **but,** at oy Pate, they a&r a atrtutory **privilege,** of tioh the p~laaser mayaoril b3aael.f’

. Xo doubt, the forfotturea provided by Code, **my be**  **Satpored by**  **the warden**  witho& a jUL

### 5704, atal dcAamLnat.ian as to t&e irota. owatitutlng 

## a rloIatiaa of the rulee, ra@atiane, or laws for the fig=& &~~sadfctW~tag~i~ fg gggOh baa served folr atmh 1-h of tlm t&t, vith the llbJlnutloll o? aaztmlce provided sor, he is ratlt1ed to his dlsobaqe, he em* without questsin, aeoun his discharge in a le@ praaeedlng. Were8ah the c~a18afz1432,

therefom, that the dimkutltasr of impriscQnwnt PFoplded f6mby etatute la a privllegs OSwhich the pria~isr o& be deprived only in aocmrdancewith Cheprovzlaitie of the 

### statute, end thst* aa 110

prwlaiw 5,smde for iarfeiture af 

### ttd.8 prfvllep al aet3olmtof violatien of the temE9Eoi%oPableI!IaoL.B~ett,Jr., ?age7

ofrcondltloaalpmdaa or awpaaitar ofaazit6me by the executive, no auah ftieltum eaz% be %mposed by the erecutlve amdtwany oaadftlaa oa stipultaticaa tiaarted in tha oiaw3itfiatal partpa OPorder for suapenalan of aontmce. + * l
Weare of the opinion thatfm3ditfor odcondnct aud cmertiw Sll~~Oe undea? ArtloLe8 

### 6166~ and 166x-1, when r tsme emted by a priaaoer ry bs rorfeited cdy upm thaw ,- . ground8 ape&fled in'srid Artlolea. It la obvloua, of 

### eourae, that **~said** atatutea **do** not 

### authcu-ire a forfeltuxw of such credit upcnarwocaticm ofaoakditlmalpmdm. iRwtw,weme of the opinlca that auoh statutes rce 

### Qal~ed to irprove pzllam dlaeiplinb. It folliwa, themfere, t&at om3uet outsida of the penitentlargwhllethe pMatmwia QXa mmdftloxtal paw&a, neitbeP entitles the pr%smaeZto the baPef&ts of auoh statutea
nor subjacta hlm to the penaltfea thereof.

**Da ccnfer~as**  **o#nlap lo.**  **3010, z'oadered** by thla dejlartmat 0 wNsbar g, 19x, to the E&xaarablamuse w. Tr* ~~of~~OiP~s~?~~,ltu~~ld ~'t ooavlata a.renot 

### otutitld to oamutawm 

## 0rtiia3 ta be applied a&their saat~~o8 uuder Artialw 

### 6166~~ Revised Olril Statute8 ofTems,1925,foFtlwa asrredandemdlted~8uebae&eaoea butslde of the pamltar~. Wa quota from **mid epln%cm**  at **p8go** 179-180 in Bwk 

### 67, 

### as follcwst

'%m HI.1 note that tv terms 

### plstmer, 1 ~prlatxter dlaeiplln~‘~ md pr%aaa 

### rules* am alluded to la aUd Ptlalo aa well au the vlolatloa 

### ofprisonrule8andeaoap%nig * attemptingto es**eupe all**  **of vhiah**  **I think:**  mmt438p2ltea th8t 

### th8 pr~aoaeraa8tbe in th0poitca~l.a order to **came vItAIn**  **the parrieu**  **psd** latadawt **of saXd**  utiale. xt is dlffiault to ecaweive ~UWi m ma fu~lougbcouldbea~aamx'vltt&~ tba OQma%aadomi.lmryacaep~tlaaof swh tw&. It is also diffiotit to oonoelve of a psman CQ8 furlough hdng guilty of 

### a breaoh of prlaat diecipline or escaping or attempting to eaoape froar 

### a panitantlary. Bvldmtly the QaIEUtatttw Slloved apriapaer naderatrtbaztiale isazwwam%for good mm3,uct8ndfor obedSap68 ta~i@X~ ruleawb%leBoaemvble l&c L. Beumett, Jr., Page 8

actually uonflned in the penltentlary. Themfore, 

### a pareon could not earn this aoaatatlau except by aatually serving the rsapeotlve 9sFioda of time required by the statute In the pemlimtlavp with a clew prison record. I, therefore,

amwer your queatlon Ho. 7 in the negative pld say that convicts vbile out of the penitumtiuy
on a furlough are not entitled to **a** oommtatlm of their aentasoes **for** time aemad out of the penltentiaPy."

You are seapectfnlly advised that it la the epiniog of this department, under t&a facts stated, t&et the -it-- tiuy authorities did not have the rlgbt, at the tins the relater was returned to the penitentiary to 

## r&bit anyottb overtlme end oommutstiar earned by the relator prior to hia discharge m tha conditional pardoa.

Because of It8 related lmportaaae tmder the faota aubatitted by YOU,ve reapeetfully luvlts your **attentlar,** barThega aeralruleia atdmSd2Ohliagma6Iar, page 570, 

### SwticQ 59, aa fd.loMr

Yhejud~tlathe~~tyOfthe~,aa declaredbythe eomt,wblle th8 d%@eetlca~lth reapeat to the tins o? wry&k it into effeot la in t.hm

a&tare of a avard 0 f 8xecutlaol, ad uberetbapasalty la japrla-t, the aathw of the law la to be aatlafled only by tke Mtwl aavlng of lmprlacinmmt, unless rultted by death

or somelegal mtbortty. fa aoarPntaae vlth t#heS~glrszwlplea the gaeral rule $8 thrt whme
a prlaoner has 

### acmpted a aadltlakal pardae and has beemnleaaeddcm~lmmentbyvl?tab

~’ thereof, but baa violated or failed to peHgn the ca~ditlmr, **or** any of thw the * bei domeavoid, and the a- rrJthlVPmb@* -atbd ad compelled to nndesgo the pm&&me& imposed by hla original aQtenee, ec so miwhthereof as he h8dnot auffewed at the tlsia of bla release; ad the time &mlag vblcrh t&e aonvlot Is atHamoMblo MaeL. Biamvtt* Sr., Page 9

laxqe tlPdaraomflltlmSl ptmdmlanottobe ooaaldered ~8 tima served on the orl~S1 aentanae. This is the only logicsl rule, for b the nmperformance of the ocmditians the p~i&m beoaava void, and the priamer ia in the aama state in which hewab St the time his pardon ~88 graded3 or, as IS sowtime said, the 2ositlon of the prisoner on a violaticm of the conditfonr 

### ofhlaprdw id8irilarto thatorau eJ$oapvd collv%ct. * * * (Underscoring ours)
AoceptPnce of a p~rdak aeavasSrlly cSrrD38 Pith it
an acceptance of the acuaditlma uponVW& the pardon is grated. If the ooadlti~ imposed is subsequent in itsmature,

u undsrthe~fmta aulrPdttedbyyou, thvpardan tuba effeat

~a aoQI ~a it ie dellvvred and acoeptvd; but ang vlolatlm of the comlltlan ~111 work a forf8iture of the pardoa, ard till rvnder the grantee liable to re~rrvat and to reucmultzaeit ador the original sentewe. 31Teat.Jur., ppgv 1268. If the p~rd~ itself expreaaly prwldva thet onbremh of lrnyof the atxditlans thv ocavlatat.ubllbe zirble to sumam-yarrest QI aa order by the Rmraor, vhoae 1-t aball be vanalualve

as to 

### a riolPtiaa, ths prciswer 

### is sot emtitled ta a jndialal l3lqulryuto thebraauh **of** the aaazdition. Exparte mvempoFt* 7 9. W. (2d) 589.

In order thatveadghthwe ~lltbe iaot.8 bvfvrv uv, 'weobtained the reaord of the relator frartheBorrd ofPordm8 and Paroles.

The 

### aov8rnor’8 Proclawtlal Ho. 32558greatlpg the relators oc4itlanolpuda ahvati cakeof thv aauWtl~8 lmposed to be "thst he totally abata.fnfrvmthv uav of latexiouting liquo~a of wery kind vad abMatvr4 + l 

### l .' 8rld proclamSt1f.m@artheb exprvaaly pwmldva that If he la gvllty at any tire OSmy rlaumduat ar rioJ.~tim vf the Znr oz far any othva rvaaan f&a 

### Oovvmor tiy deemauffiolmt lirroluding anpfscta notknevn totha i3ove~oratthetlma of We clvaemcy), this tondltionsl prdaa la aubjvot to rwocetlon at the Governor's diaoretlcm, vith or vlthout hesring, ~a the Oovwmr aarydvteraine,Snd the aSldV%rgilBouada lvspbe, by order of the Qaventor, retnn?ed to and atxdinti in the pealtertiary until the and of his aeatame.'~cino~ble ltac L. lkezmett, Jr., Pqe 10

2&er4wordfurtber 8howathptthe wndltia3alpamIcn

was aotwgted, bosom ellocti'lc), and tbrt the klato? was releam&onSay 

### 4, 1939, mdtbrt rold oanditl~lpudaairrs revoked 188

June 29, 19&O. The period of time that the relator

was at large under asidoemUtlowl pardon,was, therefore,

axe yea, cmelnadltkapd sixteen days.

The recwd further shows a letter deted June 

### 7, 1981, trapl L. B. Wdox, Chief of Pollee, Wmmmt, Texas, to the JeffersonCoIpDty PLcoleBoard invb&ahlSr.Haddox states that aald Vlrgll Bomda uaa fined &50.00 and 

### oostsonJune

### 7, 

### 1H0, on 8 omvittlan Xor **drtmkemnean.**

The tkmenaor*r PPoalamtion Xo. 1603, dated Jlrae 20, 

### 1940, lWVOkQ@tk.H aondIti9n~lprrdon, shove thatituas reyoked cu the'&rolrad of relator's iatoxlaation referred to in the letter fro& ILr. Maddox. The rwocatia8 dlreota that @!l%e prfran Uathoritlea We hereby directed to take hS.min charge aodrotum Mmte the panltmtkuyto some the rem&&e of h%* amtmme."

W!ler the utt;haritleshezvd~~beforeaentiomd, the relatoP’8 isilme tobaqplyvithtba ealdituau4 of his pIzdolz (tototallyabrtdn ficlrtlleUBe of iatoxlorrtlngl~~r) rondorod theprrdoPtoid,uadplaoedtherelatcrr in the m posltirm (with reXemmoe ta hf* 8entemae ae he ua8 rt the tlm his pardm lm38meeffeotive on Nay 4
, 1939.

~8 ed8d b0r0m, vhii0 the Felot0r 35~ not my8 forfeited the @Mm tm for good aonduct and overtime vowk allwed vhioh he Ud emmed rrpto &Is rele68e m the carditlapal pwdaa, he Is not entitled to reoelve am8 cmdit on@.%s four-tsar sentence, the ate yeara 6mePanthand alxteenda~ thfbthevas atlvge c~the cmdltloaoipardon. The 8~ lenthoftine rembiriedtolpe savedby~?elatar oaJ=e 20, 194

, 8 

### as a8shy 4, 1939.

Triutizq thatthia iullye2wuer8 p?urinQulry, U8

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