OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

doto nqumstllyl ths 

0118 stmtod thoroln 

8 this iii0 On4 

not ho roul~ bo 

Pin8 dsts ot April 24 19b2, tittsa 

on, shsritt of Conoho hntr, ~8ddrm8o.d 

t tao 8tsto Cosrptrollor's Dopsrtmsn8, 

ova aantioao4 nmtto?, nsds in par8 mm 

l Too rammbsr tII0 8888 oi 6. L. Coopmr rho 

was trio6 by tho l’eds~s~s and &+mn 8 eclotenom in 

the ë?o dsr sPe& a l t F 3 R o a o Oklmh~s, wh8r8. h8 1 8 

Il.ssnln~ 01 that s~ptsnos, snd *mm ml80 trlrd la 

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~ono~sbh OOOPUO R. %wwfi, P*lr 2 

this Coant and &tan 8 thrso mu son~oaos la 

tho 9tsto J on at Xuntn#llo. The To4orsl mthorltlos harm notlrlsd us thgt Es dlI bs ?slssssd 

thors soon snd would llko to know whothor uo 

wcald OOQS therm to? him 

I want to know if I real i 

Row hore 18 the point, 

got pm7 for gel&g Chars 

and dsllts?lng him to Huntsville, and what dlt 

bo the ns80888?~ pPoooduPo. 

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luo hsrr aoasidorod the rsrious ststotos provibh~~ 

r808 or saapsn8stlon ror shsrllis r 0r l onisos prrorwd by 

them ss maoh’ la sonnootioa with the shots ststsd 

:'~o haro slso oonsldsrmtl tho ststutos teposlag far f ous dutls4 

ums$lons. 

upoa shorliis. xowa~sP, lm h8?. fsllod to rind l str tuto 

suthorltln~ o? l~posing the dirtl upon the sJm?lff ìi a qussblo~ 

to go to 73 iieao, Oklsho~, sad retu?n the prlsom? to ?sbt 

Rook, Coaoho Count 

would natursllJ io I’ lore that than is no statute proridIng suy 

or to Eultffllls, Bx4Y. Thowdron, 1t 

for or omponsstlon for suoh sr~~loo. In sooord rith font? 

oplnloas or this dspsrtnmnt, la any event, the State is not 

l uthorlud to wt the shorlrs any in8 or ocmpsnsstlon ru 

trnasportlng the p~lsom? rrom Paint iiook, Tour, or f?am 

31 Hono, okl~ons, to the ztstr Frlson rystsm St Runtsllllo, 

TOUS. 

Title 14 (Artiolss 9974008, inoluslro~, Vsraon'4 

Aanot8toa cous or Crlmi~l ?rooadrtro, 9~t8ins to tugitirss 

from jwtlos, sxtrsdltloa, ots. In rlow ai tho *bow nib 

tlowd ststutos, and the oesos of tx psrto Yorris, 101 8. U, 

(2d) 259, oortlorsrl donlsd, 57 R.,Ct. 990, 301 VI & 700, 

31 L. Ed. 13551 and Px part0 Oanoy, 112 3. 1. (WI 747, the 

p~lsono~ In qaestlon, under tho holdln s.ln them8 l ssos sad 

thr sbovs stntod rsots would k 8 ru 6f t1n rra ju8tiso @labjsot to cxtPsdltloa. fn the .avent p?~sonoP wslvos sxtrsdl- 

-tlon, the sheriff of Conoho Comnt~ rorrld hsro no s~thorlt~ 

to m for meld prisom~ snd nttua hir to Conoho COBB$~ or 

to roorlrr any 001 nutlon for auoh ss~vloos. U Ohs prl8anor wslrss srtradlt r on, 8 Tsrm Rs%or mrr k seat for the 

prlsomp with lustpurtlons to dslitor him to the psnlt8atlsr~ 

at Huntsrlllo, Toxms. 

If this prisoner ~sfuso~ to rrln l xtrsditloa fhs 

Qot*rnor QOf, upon proper sppllostlan, issoo his rrqudtloa 
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Xoaorsbls f3sorgs 8. f%oppsrd, Psco ) 

for the roturn ot the p~lso~sr mad oomlss~oa s 

“i 

sultsbls 

psrson to take such ro~alsltlos. The prlmwr, S kou&ht 

bsok to the !%str by sow ps~s4n who has Moo ccml~slonod, 

otbor thsn ths ,sho~i~f, tho ~lmaer shall bo dsllvorod 99 

to the ShVPWf at the OOSlI8~ %h whloh it ir l llsgad ha tlS8 

0mSiitt8d tho 0rm80, ‘Lhs Oots~no~ is dulf suthorlud to 

001rlll188100 ths shoPlti Of Conoho couaty to rstsPn the pPisonl r la this osss6 

3. T. (2d) l&2.) 

(300 the l sso of Rrlghtarn t. 5hsppud, 59 

&8;8i0 iw6, VSP~OA*S ha0t4t04 cod0 or crlmia81 

PPoooduFs, proTldosr 

“?ha of?ios~ o? other pors& so samlsslonsd 

shsll rseelm as a&psamstlcm thi satusl end msosmu9 trsrolln~ l xponsiapom nqulsltlan of tho 

donrno? to bs sllorrsd by suah COYOP~OP to k paid 

Out Of th8 %StO mSSSPf up04 8 OOF~ifiOStO Of 

fha Oovcrnor reolting the senlsos readoYod sad 

the sllmrsno8 thmfolr." 

The B~l~tmsa 0880 ruprs, amow other thlqs holds 

In l r r 0othat t the ooQ~nmst~on Of UL o#lasP or 08hOF 9OF8On 

somaissionsd bt the ‘~TUIIOP to FOtUm 8 fUgitiT0 fFOm saothsr 

ststo is dotomlnsbls br tho Ooremkor, as s&mlnxt 8 l lsln to 

ststutorf mllorgo ‘In @y to the stat0 linemid returning 

trota suoh point with thq fugitlro. 

In risw otthe rongloing;, it la our opialon thst if 

th0 p?iSORO? POfU8OS t0 Wsln l XtPSditlOB Snd th0 ShSPm Of 

Coao&o Oountr is oonmlssloaod br the 3o~srnor to rstum the 

pr;son+r to this Nsto, the shorlff uoclld hero to rstmra tho 

PFiSOnOP 00 Conmho County, and ~187 bo prld~ hii rota81 l od 

~o sssu 

supn. f t 

trsvollq l rpmarao mm prohlsd ?OF br Artiols 1006, 

is OUP fume? 09lnlor .tbrt th8 shorlft s&d not 

k ooqwsstod r0r 8P%.n&a~ thm pPtsoruP f2oa El I1080, oklshem, to the Yom8 ?riaoa .Iy8tma at ~a8tsrillo. 

IB l ooo~s~o .wlth your ropuoat, mm srs nbrnlng 

hopowith the 8ttOOhSb iii0. 

Trusting t&st tha torqoln~ Ii~llr aaawora you inqUiFt, W US