809 

OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

EonorRble 8. II. Tuaer 

County Attorney 

clollingmrth Oonntf 

w~llin&on, TIxaB 

Dear sirr 

Thlr depetment 

Deaember lS, 1959 request 

ment upon the foliouliq qu 

tin&ent upal OOnYlO 

lae EJourt eonW.&ml Pmoeduro oi TexQlrtri4t er oridml 
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of a day that they may aama as sosh.e 

Art&de 1057, Code of Criminal Proaednre of Tes- 

-9 rsacs as Pollows: 

wOne summned who attvmla as a juror shall 

receive no pay aa a juror if' ha baa not bsan 

sworn as such in a ease or for tha term or weak.* 

Artiala 1059, Code of Crimlnsl Pmaedure of Teras, reds as r0iiow 

9%~ amount Uue jurora and ballftts shall 

be 

r 

id by the aoanty treasurer, upon the amtii eat8 of the propar otsrk or the justleo of 

the peaea, stating the neltlee, when find by whcnn 

remdared, and the amunt due there&or.* 

Artials 1075, Code of Criainal Prooculars of Texem, reads as r0iiomt 

*fr the def,tenQant is aomisted in a otlxdnal action triad by a jury La a justlao aourt, 

a jury tee of three dollars #hall be taxed against 

hlBl." 

Artlale lW6, Code oi Urlminal PMaedure of Texa n, r sa ds l tt Solltmst 

*Only one jury tea &all be taxad ag;sinat 

several defendants tried jointly. A jarp fae 

shall be farad in aaeh trial if they saver and 

are tried septtrately.a 

~rtiele 1077, Code at Crlmlnal Pmaedtara at Taxas, reads a8 followar 

*A jury i6e shall be aoLLeot6d as other 

oosts In a ease, and tha offPear aolleetfng it 

ahall iorthw%th pay It to the aounty treasurer 

or tha aouaty whare tho eonviation wae bad.* 

Artfeb 1688, Revised Civvfl Btatitas of Tmaa, 

reads as follmven 

"The funds rmmioed b the aounty traasarer shnll be &ass& a6 to1 r ma, and shall bo rpproprinted, rsspsotivaly, to the payment OS all 
Eonorable W. M. Tucker, Page 5 

Alma re&stered in the first, second and 

third alaesca: 

"1. All. jury fees, all none7 received tram 

the aale of estrfiys, tutd 8ll oaeupation tarea. 

~3L.Allrnoney reoeived under any of the provisiollB of~tha road and bridge law, including 

the penalties reeoverul from railroads for fcil- 

;zzm;tpair erossings, an8 all ilncs end for- 

*3!. All money reaeived, not otherwlrs apprapriated herein or by tte eomdaoionars court.* 

Article 1626, Revived CSvil 5tatutes of Texas, 

readll 68 sollows: 

*Claims agalnst a county &hall be re&3- 

torti in three alw3138. BS r0ibt0: 

-1. All jury earip and scrip 18oued ror 

feedbIg juram. 

l 2. All scrip i&vuad under tha pmtlsions 

OS the road law or $02 work done on roads and 

bridgea. 

*?I. All the gensrel indebtedness of the 

eouhty, ineluding feeding end guardllug prisoner6, 4nd paupers’ alaI.mfs.* 

Article 1065 of the Code of Crlmfnal Pmaaduxa 

(dots 18'16, p. 2911, 1925 Edition, fhioh provided fese for 

the Jostiae of the Pease in orirpinal bM8es contln$eut upon 

conviction was repealed by Aattt OS 1029, Pert7-first Lcgieletare of Texas, First Called Seasion, p. 154,, Cheptor 54, 

seatian 1. The aasee of %x parte Kelly 111 Cr. R. 54, 10 

S.W. (2d) 7.28, end Ex parts Biges, 111 6r. B. 655, 15 2.x. 

(2d) 851, held tlmt a Justice of the &aae whose eompenraation depended solely upon oonvlation was dlsguallfieff. The 

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals set aside theee eowlottens. 

It is fuud8me&tnl that no aoste or feea uay be 

taxed against e defendaht in a erhhal uase where he la 

aepaitted. 

ft is a~lso fun8aaant~l that our wble system of 

jurlspruduwe demands an& require8 thet both judge8 and 
jurora shall be fair, uublased, tigartial, and must bare no 

peaunlary lntercst ln ths aonvlotlon of any dofondant upon 

whom they sit in jud@aent. 

You am, thcrofon, mitpootfully ndrlsd that it 

18 the opinion ar this department: 

1. h'o Jury i44 14 taxed a6 aa3ts against a defendant 

whe5 ho 14 acquitted. 

2. Whet a defendant lo oenvlatsd in the justloo 

wurt of a mls&wseanox, a three dollar Jury fee 1s taxed 

against him ae part of the aosts. 

‘iBat it suoh j.ury fea 1~ texod and aolbotod it 

1s &I& into the Oountp Traasurp and plaoed into tha Jury 

Fund of the County. 

4. That jWOr0 rho J4l’VJ in jUJtl44 OO& UZ%dti 

oams aro~entitled to tholr statuto~ gay, regardless o? 

t&s out.oome of the 4a~4, end rogaxdbm of whothor or not 

a jtuy Se4 is oolleafod from the defendant. 

5. That in all oases *4r4 ~urera rone in jostles 

oourt arlminal oasm they are entitled e0 their rtatutory 

pay and that th8 sam* 1J $0 b *id to than by 8'aT'JSnt 

4xewn on tA4 county Fr4Jsury p4yubls oat or the hry mu 

of tho eearmty. 

Trusting that this satlstactorlly answers your 

lnqulry, x4 are 

Y0uxs vorf tluly 

tZEWSRU OF TEXAS