OFFICE OF THE A7TORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Eonorab3.e I(ira L. Bennett, Jr. 

Distriut Attorney 

lWm8ngee, Texas 

Dear Slrr Opinlaa Ho. oRer Did t&e 

the hereimbbove 

quote fra8 hour 

ed 8tatemat 6f faute malatoP viPgl1 Bovnd8 wa8 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, 3E558 af the oovbzmor of the 

State of %WM VIE gcoted r oaPtdit%ml 

ocmditiared tb8t ha aooept the jsb off exwE2L 
Be&umtmt,Taxas,andmka acme provlsica fw 

his nottier; t&et be totrllr 4bslmIn fmm the u8e 

of latoxluatiag'Uquorm of eve+ry kind and ebaraoter and that the aelrtor aaoept tke @aLid oopdltlonalpudm~ tbatthmwafter ~1 the 20thday 

of Jwm, 1940, bJ ProolMltfim No. 1603 the amditianrl pu?don hereinbeftmo ref4x4rQd to @ented 

to the celator va8 revokcrd by W. Lee O'Daniel, 

Gw4Pn6r oi the stat4 of ~oxaa, for the reeSQ8 

ret out them4n and cm ffla 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 muoh tS.ne th4 wostlm amI 

oammutrtlm tim4 tbrt tilt8 IzIlStop ha6 oUma6 pior 

to l&by 1. 1939, vu by the auth~ibioo of the Texas 

Ptirrm Syatam fWfblt66~ 

al%BtaltbArda~th4PeUtor~lPloundm 

wall be dlrohqpd m or &out 6;lu fisrt &T o? 

A-t, l!#lj t&t hat swh ot4rtfae &ad oetatiaa tjlPs not been farfeitod t&4 relrfoz vould b4 

Olltithd t0 hia didlRl'@il f!PQS th0 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 daya voro forieited~ t&at at rnab t&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, aam rertrUMn$ 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 furthor shovn 

end egxwod horein that e vr%t OS Waeaa ~orpu8 vp8 

diilr imwd by tha Dletrfot Olosrk of SfSlk4P &nasty, 

Texas, tmdor direaticm of the Olrtrict Judge of rr;ld 

county, cm th4 third dar of Xey, 1941, ad vaa @azved 

thereafter cm the 4th tix of rta;rr, 1941, by C. L. 

Idltohell, Sberlff' of WIulcrr Qomty, Tsw, ad that 

in axuwer to the nit of btmuw ooxrgur rerved th4 

reupandenteW.W.WaidMQ0.J. S.~lSngsoah.~e 

nov pi+duuo the relator %IZ and to raid Omrtra 
&no~Poble Mac L. Bennett, Jr., Page 3 

Ax+icle 6166~ and 6166x-1. of Veraan* Annotated 

@iv11 Statutes of T4xa.a provide aa iollowa: 

“Article 6166~. In order to encourage prison 

dlsoip~lne, a dlst ctlm my be msde in the treatmt of prlsontea 80 ks to extend to c;ll such as 

are om%mly, lndustrlotm and obedleat, comt’orta and 

prlvll4gs waording to their deaerta. ?%e reward 

to be bestowed a~ priaonera for gooU amduet shall 

cmmiat of aueh relaxation of strict p~lsm rules 

and extension of aooisl pltlleges 8s may be oaislateslt vlth proper &pisc1plllle, commltat1on of time 

for good cam&met aball be granted by the saw%@?, 

and the following deduct&m shall be made f5oa1 the 

t%rm 0)’ terma of aentenaea vhen no @lame Of IklLaomduct MaS been auatained Against % ~~BORol', viz * 

tgee 

th off of the first yearfa sent&e3 

&ys per month off of the seecod year of amtaae~ four days pep raatih off of the thiml yea2 of 

stintmce3 rive d~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 mcmth off of 

the aw5lthy68ror amlt4n44~ ah4day4 perrcmth ofr 

of the eighth year of ae5tace;t.a dayI permaal 

off of the ninth y4A.r of ae&t4mz43 ?u%3en &8ya par 

maNi ofr of the tea&h gear, and all aaaaeediag years 

of asarttmce. A pzrlsonsr mder tva or more oumlatlve 

ssaterwea al11811 be tilowed eoawtrtian &a if 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 who shall 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 As rsybs 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.Uaiut fordfImor, lhioh ul8l1n0tbe lra th*116kk4 

hmm,aadia ci8448 4fapSBn4ceasary8d4aa4%tlAl 

ove?tlm verk, mid prlaopsrr l hrll r404%v4 l doduotl~fromthalrarrtaae ofdoubl twxwwa 

vorkear md wwfm frirthar that toi hom8 skd 

cmatl&te a-day to be d4duoted fp4m aii wmtao8, 

This hec88suy and eaaentirl vwk” aball be aubA strlat 8caomtlng at oF4dlt 

mmrdeof ellovortirsa38ma~ ahallbekeptbytba 

yain~~ofthe~tO~Chthrr~i8~- 

formedmdm~~~l~tod~ 8 report aMllbera&medto 

th% gaerol w 4aoh mth, rho tarrll'qprow 

all apohevtilma be&r. it is placsd tothemwut 

or th4 lprto. 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 azIp onrtlae 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 

vaP3c snail D4 l ubj84t to ocurJtlet4 f4rfeltur4. 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 strength vi11 reumably 

p8rmit,nm ahallasypriaaaerb4 plrcradrta~whlabr 

es the prism physlcl~~ my pmmunee h&n unrblb to 

p4rrarm. a0 primu2w, upm h.ta ulnfaalm to t&8 PIstp, ahallb4rsa~4dtocuny IrWw untflf3mthmla(g 
Bommble mo L. Rennett, Jr., page 'j 

beea exambed by the phi8ux phyalcrlan. Amy oftica or employee rlolatitlg ey provuiar. or thla 

Sectha, ahall be dimtiessd fpon the aenice. 

Thlr Act ahall be PetrWtive and beoars effe~- 

tive aa of June 1, 19%. Aota 

P. 534, I 1.O 

19 9, 

(Undersoorlng aurn 5 

46th Leg., 

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

'Oood aonduot statutes me irrmd vith the 

intmtlcn of Uproving p~?isan dlsolpllna smd bve 

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 asntmms by reaao of 

good behatioz ia a beaofit eaSerred by the state, 

;: I”, eyyy depeadeat QL the *tatate aroi6mlag 

. 

The of lmpriaamfmt provided for by 

Ia the ease of Rx psrte @eKema, 64 Atl. 77, the 

Supreme Court of Yermmt, undsr faota 8imilar to thoee here 

Involved, held aa follewai 

=The seat6moe 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 a pri8<ner! vh0 haa been at lug8 cm a eon&- 

tioiaal paMa% is recaslaitted ta eerve the reml&er 
Honorable J&c L. Renaatt, SF., Pap 6 

of hia tera, th6 Alma ho has so bea at Urge 

is not to be treated JM tire eerved was h$a amtame. The remUader of the term to be served ra 

re~c8anlltment 18 that psrfi of the term that rl¶Iml&led unexplzvd at the time he v&a sat at lmge by 

the ccndltimal psrdon. ” 

In the oane of Stat0 vs. Hater (Iowa) 100 x. 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 @oed Goduct vhile 

luoaroonted In the pomitmtiary vi11 be forfelted by opervtf~ of SW& rwowtiar, md he will be 

thereupa rwa8atttod ts wrve the nrining 

period oi hlr erQfa81 8Qtanae, sitbut eny mu 

bto er allov8nao for good timb hs*etsioro eunuLn 

“The l trtutosy pmv~aiaxa aa to dirdnutl~ 

of lmprlsamaat for gwd omduot do qot, parhape, 

amber upw thv priraner ray lew1 rIghtI but, 

at oy Pate, they a&r a atrtutory privilege, 

of tioh the p~laaser may aoril b3aael.f’. Xo 

doubt, the forfotturea provided by Code, 

my be Satpored by the warden witho& a j UL 

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. We re8ah the 

c~a18afz1432, therefom, that the dimkutltasr of impriscQnwnt PFoplded f6m by etatute la a privllegs 

OS which the pria~isr o& be deprived only in aocmrdance with Che provzlaitie of the statute, end 

thst* aa 110 prwlaiw 5,s mde for iarfeiture af 

ttd.8 prfvllep al aet3olmt of violatien of the temE9 
Eoi%oPableI!Iao L.B~ett,Jr., ?age7 

ofrcondltloaalpmdaa or awpaaitar ofaazit6me 

by the executive, no auah ftieltum eaz% be %mposed by the erecutlve amdtw any oaadftlaa oa 

stipultaticaa tiaarted in tha oiaw3itfiatal partpa 

OP order for suapenalan of aontmce. + * l 

We are of the opinion thatfm3ditfor odcondnct 

aud cmertiw Sll~~Oe undea? ArtloLe8 6166~ and r 166x-1, when 

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 QX a mmdftloxtal paw&a, 

neitbeP entitles the pr%smaeZ to 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&xaarabla muse w. 

~~of~~OiP~s~?~~,ltu~~ld Tr* ~'t 

ooavlata a.re not otutitld to oamutawm 0r tiia3 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 t 

v 

terms plstmer, 1 

~prlatxter dlaeiplln~‘~ md pr%aaa rules* am alluded to la aUd Ptlalo aa well au the vlolatloa 

of prison rule8 and eaoap%nig * attempting to eseupe 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 ~UW i m 

ma fu~lougbcouldbea~aamx'vltt&~ tba OQma%aadomi.lmryacaep~tlaaof swh tw&. It 

is also diffiotit to oonoelve of a psman CQ 8 

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%le 
Boaemvble 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 any ot tb 

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 a er a lr uleia 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 some legal mtbortty. fa aoarPntaae vlth 

t#heS~ glrszwlplea the gaeral rule $8 thrt whme 

a prlaoner has acmpted a aadltlakal pardae and 

has beem nleaaeddcm~lmmentbyvl?tab 

~’ thereof, but baa violated or failed to peHgn 

the ca~ditlmr, or any of thw the * bei 

domea void, and the a- rrJthlVPmb@* 

-atbd ad compelled to nndesgo the pm&&me& 

imposed by hla original aQtenee, ec so miwh thereof as he h8d not auffewed at the tlsia of bla release; ad the time &mlag vblcrh t&e aonvlot Is at 
HamoMblo Mae L. 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 he wab St the time his pardon ~88 

graded3 or, as IS sowtime said, the 2ositlon 

of the prisoner on a violaticm of the conditfonr 

of hla prdw id 8irilarto thatorau eJ$oapvd 

collv%ct. * * * (Underscoring ours) 

AoceptPnce of a p~rdak aeavasSrlly cSrrD38 Pith it 

an acceptance of the acuaditlma upon VW& 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. 31 Teat. Jur., ppgv 1268. If 

the p~rd~ itself expreaaly prwldva thet on bremh of lrny of 

the atxditlans thv ocavlatat.ubllbe zirble to sumam-y arrest 

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, 

'we obtained the reaord of the relator frartheBorrd ofPordm8 

and Paroles. 

The aov8rnor’8 Proclawtlal Ho. 32558 greatlpg the 

relators oc4itlanolpuda ahvati cake of thv aauWtl~8 lmposed to be "thst he totally abata.fn frvmthv 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 OS my rlaumduat ar rioJ.~tim vf the Znr oz far 

any othva rvaaan f&a Oovvmor tiy deem auffiolmt 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 aary dvteraine,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&e r4wordfurtber 8howa thptthe 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, cme lnadltk apd 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 oosts on June 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.m in charge 

aodrotum Mmte the panltmtkuyto some the rem&&e of 

h%* amtmme." 

W!ler the utt;haritles hezvd~~before aentiomd, the 

relatoP’8 isilme tobaqplyvithtba ealdituau4 of his pIzdolz 

(tototallyabrtdn ficlrtlle UBe of iatoxlorrtlngl~~r) 

rondorod theprrdoPtoid,uadplaoedtherelatcrr in the m 

posltirm (with reXemmoe ta hf* 8entemae ae he ua8 rt the 

tlm his pardm lm38me effeotive 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 rrp to &Is rele68e m the carditlapal pwdaa, he Is not entitled to reoelve am 8 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 a8 shy 4, 1939. 

Triutizq thatthia iullye2wuer8 p?urinQulry, U8 

ATT0tLIfE-f GTlNERAL 

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