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OF&E OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TRXAR 

AUSTIN 

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Hoaorablo Stephen P. Iiorbert 

county rttommy 

D4uitt Couaty 

CUWO , T4xa4 

ment .on th4 abo 

ion of thie Departr4oslr4d. 

t aa r0u0w81 

t. S67-B Pd., &x144 

l S4r., r4pclals 344. 

the prossoutton et 

y worthlerrsl oh40ls, as 

of Art. 1546 P.C., whrr4 raid 

aorlbd by limitation. 

rd8, 1* hoa had brought to thlr 

oka whioh are 4peoifioally oovrr4d 

. 1846 P.C., end part144 holdin@ 

to ii14 somplalrrt8. 

“1 iin6 no authority to rupport the eontention blaoa4, that beoaurr thr bad oheok law (Art. 

667-B, P.C.) r4p4aia 340. 4 of Art. 1546 P.C., as 

o? S4pt. Z!O, 1939, no ooqlaints oould be f ilbd 

and no prorooutions had daos oaid date ot 34pt. 
Eonorable Staphon P. Sorbert, Paga % 

Bo, 1939. In other words, it would appaar to 

ma that if one oanaot b4 proa4outrd at thl8 

tint4 for hevfng ooamltt4d a 4riniaal off4na4 

prior to S@,ember RO, 1939 under 940. 4 or 

Art. 1546 P.C., it would 04411 that the later 

hot @hook law, Art. 567-B P.C., would be 

r4troaotlv4.w 

In an opinioa madared by th4 Court of Crialnal 

App4ala in the oaa4 of Padlook vs. tho State of Texas, dolivers4 Irebruary 14, 1940, (not yet reported) your queition 

was aaav4r4d in thr noptivo. 

lows 

W4 quote iron thr above nentfoned opiafon as fol- 

: 

“BJ Eo-404 Bill lo. 190 of th4 46th k&alaturo, Chapt4r lT, Volum4 1, pag4 %46, tin4ral 

Laws, a naw aot was para4d oov4riag tho l ubjaut 

of swindling by bad ahooka. S40tlon 7 of said 

aot in apeoifio language, repsala Seation 4 of 

Artiolr 1-6 of the Peaal Code. That ia th4 

art1014 under whloh th4 prea4at proaeeutloa is 

had. The qaeatlon haa baea'rska4d as to whether 

or not the rapes1 of that aeetioa by fha sew 

act aubsequant to tho ooamlaafon of the offense 

wou1.b bar the pmaooutlon. 

'The ofr~nu ondrr aonalderation is alleged 

to hav4 ooourred in February, 1939, and was triad 

at the July term of oourt in 1939. The 46th 

Logtslatura adjournad on June ?A, 1939, aad said 

80~04 Bill loi 190 did not bacoae ettootlvr uatll 

90 days after adjournment. 

*artiola 1844 P.C. wa8 in ofiaot at the time 

M4tk 

L 

alleged OOaIEfOOiOB of the ~3?fOB08 pnd at 

OS the trial. Of aoara4. if Art. 1545. 

P.C., had bean rapeah&, and the iot therein W 

daaounoad was no longer an orfana41 this proaaoution would be and& but th4 46th Lsgislaturm 

;y4 Bill Ilo. 190fA whfl4 r4poaliag Art. 1546, 

. ., also ra-4na4te a l tatuta whioh m464 offenses the mm sots whioh bad thmrtoforo been 

donouao4d as auoh in Art. 1546. The penalty was 

da0 inoraaaod. Under the olrauaatana~a rtated, 

Arts. 13, 14, 13 and 16 o? th4 Pea81 Coda are 

operatita. They are aonatrwd and gfvrn effect 

in Aah v. State, 134 TBX. Cr. R; RO8, 114 9. W. 
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Banorabla Stephen P. Bsrbert , Page 3 

(%d) 889, and the cases therein cited, and also 

In Sgangler ‘1. State, 133 Tex. Cr. %. 36, 11’1 

S. iv. (24) 63; 

s. if. (2d) 919. 

3tanabury 4t al v. State, 1l.l 

*It la not to be nndaratood that ne are 

here oonstrulng or passing on the Conatitutlonalltr of the Act of the 46th Leglalature Ln 

quest loa. The extent of our holding la that 

undar *to. 13 to 16, lnolualve, of thr Penal 

Cod4, said Aet does not affect the preaaat 

proa4out loa. 

“ft la thereiota our oonelualoa that 

proaeoublon vi11 li4 ?or offeaaso oomaltted 

prior to SepteiaIer 01, 1939. Further that (than) 

this, it is au??lol4nt to say that the prea4nt 

eaa4 does not raise any queatlon as to the oonatitutionallty 0r tbs re-snaota4nt above raferred to aa Eouee Bill Bo. 190, Acts of the 46th 

La5151atur4.- 

Our oplnloa Ro. O-1564 whioh la in con?llot with 

tha holding of thla opinion f8 hereby exprs6aly overruled. 

rruatlng that tho ?ore5oin.5 ?ully answers your lnq&y, we remain 

Yours very truly 

i;rdell Wllllasu 

A8alataat 

APPROVED 

OPINION 0 COhlMl?-rEc 

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