OFFlCEOFTHEATrORNEYGENERALOFfEXAS 

AUSTIN 

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*rmm*Ev eIDImn*L 

Honorable tr D. Eak 

mm0r, nyttea0my : 

I0 armgo, hzacl 

Dear Sir; OplaYoa Ro. O-6664 

80s bathoritx of 8Jmriii,b 

E 

nrit paymen i flor br 

rkllaenta an related 

qawtiona. n 

Your r*que*t for an opial6m of &+j&+t 

read8 ia part aa follon: 

'In tlm coanty co 

6a.e ~8 tried end the 

@6c.o0. Jud@mnt WaI 

the def*ndut 

b e ma d. aa l 

ii uk'arrangc4ent8 ritbout 

? Ii h8 OOC, whet l-&h ot 

l wth Oi ti& U) th0 &&i#t#atO 

t or ooa l d jud&aent? 

-Ey parpow la roq~rting this opinion la, 

thlat oft00 la t&l8 WuatY tiw haa kon l aondod 

by tbr Sbai?t*r lmpmt&atmd aStar a prlod o? 

sevo~al years th.1 ateto the part7 ornnot k leoat;;d 

, r 
lkworsblo Boaor D. mc - pa@ L 

and prorste the mount oollootod botwoen l eob oifloer 

hOVin(l tOO8. Tha ropYlnln& 18 loft unoollootod. 

'9. who is llsblo for suoh romeinlng oost, uhoro 

llO&t#EOe 18 OOOUrrirr67 

‘8. Csn the bond of the Shorlif bo oallod upon 

fOr nO611@llOO Of Off iO0 in thaH rttOrS?* 

wo kaow of a0 rutboril~ veskd in a shsrfft to rltor 

,tbn tire oi s fins1 judgment of oonvlotlon in s rlsdomosnor 

earno. Rsl*vsnt ststutor~ provisions sro 88. t011ovmt 

Art. 788, t. A. a. a. P.r 

vhon ths jM4a8nt sasinst s derendant 18 for 

l Slm and oo8ts ho s&U bo dirohrr@d rroa tho 88~30~ 

‘1. wbon tho SmouDt thsroor tie18 brsn fully paid. 

, 

‘2. 'Wa rsnittod br the proper authority. 

l 3. vho n h o h o 8 remslaod~ in ouetcdy for the 

time roqulrod by lsr to sstlsfy th0 rmount tbr00r.- 

Art. WTr 

l Uhon s judgrnt br8 bS.n rondorod S6SiSSt l 

dahodmt ror l 

ho s&ml1 m Lgr I 

l oamiary flno, lr ha 18 present, 

somd ia jsil until dlaoheqad so 

provldo4 br law. A l .r M fsopr lo d of suoh lo&meat 

8~11 be sufflolsat 80 suthorla~ mob lqmlsohumnt.a 

Art. T(1Br ..~ 

-o n l p eo ua liins~ o h a boo s l n djuQed s&nst 

s defondsat not present, 8 osgiss shrll forthwith k 

lam@ for his .rrrost. 3uo shorirf em11 l xoouto the 

S- by plaOiIb@ th0 4dWmIt in jdka 

, mu8 it Is seen that up08 the roadltioa or /udgmt 18 booaus 

J ths dutt of Cho mu ottlo. to sm to It that the jod6mmnt OS 

-0 00-t $S SSti8fi.d SOOO?'4in~ tO hf. 
Eononblo H0mor.D. Eok r pago 3 

It bra ken said that, “The lmpriaonmnt Suthorlzed 

by th* StStuk 18 dami@od %O wkforoo pwiahwnt whore 1% 18 

hpO#od by S SIM 8nd it ODE ~ICO EO dif$orenoo a# regpeot# 

tIm mod0 of oniorOIn8 tho pur&Iahmant rhrthor the offSaSs l.a 

L 

unlshablo by 8 fina aad iqprl*OSaSSt or by MISS oalr. ~hr, 

w (IiVW th @ M m0 r YSLLOf 8 l niWOilithe g psounisry poa8lty 

in either 0~80. Ir?ls impriSOnwt authorized by tha status 

la an Sottul ImprlSOSInSSf wIthin tho tour nlla OS t&S jSl; 

l d whsro tb sbriti WrritS tho Oonviot ooPritto& b hia 

ouatod~ to 60 at large, ho la 1Isblo for an l 808po." ffbam 

Luokoy v. Tbo St#k, 14 *x. 600. fa tho oeee of Ix rto 

watt, 16 9. U. 301, tha oourt hod boioro .It a 8I-t lr oa 

i.baro the shsrlif hSd rssuad to defer a Jail SSntSnoa UtjJ 

the rhmamtIs8 or tha doiendaat HI bettor. TAO SOwt Sfter 

rovimwin( the spplloeblo Statu%os maids 

"It Is manlfoat from thorn0 proviaIoo8 of 

our lm~ that, wheseror a p8rtl is OOraittod t0 

jail by order of ths ooort, It ~808 lmprlsomuxt 

In th8 jail; and no othsr kind or oustod~, whothar 

adzwed to br the shsrlit or ‘not, will Snmr or 

dlaobr@o muoh punishment. lb0 l horiri ham no 

right, no Uttar what his motIvS8, whathar of 

hmSIt7 or Sot, Co OOR?U&O or SltSr this unishmnt, and any l ot of his dolu so is S vlo P rtion 

of him duty, and l baol.lrt.1~ ~016." 

'M oonoludr thet l sh a r ir f is without authority to 

defer a jodgwnt or srron60 for ln*tSUmmnt.‘~~pSymmSt for # 

airdemeanor tine in tho l bronoo o? l n ordor of tho oourt la 

l ccordanoa with tba 8tstutS horsrfter oitsd in OoMeotloQ. witb 

your l aoard qosatlon. 

~Jx,pmor to goor seo@nd question, yoa l ra l drlsod 

thet uudot tho t.N Oi Ad. 688, f. A. 0. c. P., tb jud60 

in 8 rlsdwsnor 0s~ is l t&risU to doior jpdpoat r0r 8 

period not to cr0o.d Siz month@. 

rrrthink JOar remInia# quootIons m boat bo 

anawrod by 8 quotitioa froa th o l sao OS Sprrd I. :J l t ml. v. 

g t.ste, ( a ir . bpp ., l rrw reinad) 66 6. W. ll4. In that wse 

the oowt ~raitt.6 ?OOOtibw trOr 8 rOSX8Sr 8horISf Sd hi8 

bondown for t48 and oosk whloh it -8 all*@& bbt hs 

bd “wlliully S&OOtOd #Sd refused t0 OOllOOt;" -+~ititl6 

001 thl8 sltustlon the oourt wd thla to StIy: 
400 

Bonoroblo fiOmor 0. Eok - p860 4 

** l l The l vldonos ahors that tha ~eraonargsi~a~ 

whom the finas ond ooOt8 ware odjudeed for whloh the 

stoto rooovorod, on roll as those named In tha oross 

l sslgnmnts of error mado In bohalr of tho l toto, wore 

all romondod by iinil judgnnt of the oourt to the 

ouatody or tho l hmirr anti1 the rho and oooto should 

b+ paIdg.rad It furthor showa thnt they wore pormlttod 

to 60 at lorgo by tho said Ypfadlsy without bein& digobargod of tbo #mm, and that tho finer and oosta in 

thsao oaaea hove noVor boon gold. A dOfondant oonrlotod of 8 mIado~ooAor eon only bo disohargod oi the 

rin0 and oostar (1) when the l mount 0r auoh rb0 0114 

ooats ham boafully paid: (t) whon thr aa:~o how boon 

remitted by tho proper l utborlty; (3) r;hm the dofondant bs romalnod in ouatod~ the loneth oi tlw roqulrod 

by low to 8ei0r~ tho 8mouLlt 0s l uob jud&meat a8 provided by statute. Oode Or. Proo. arts. 647, 666. Then 

is no oontontlon that tho tine and ooata wore dlsohm~a 

In either of theso ways preaorlbad by law. AS to thrso 

of the persons, Spradley taatlflod thst thsy 18~ ls 

j0u 0 l urrioiont loneth or tim to dlsohargo tho rin0 

and oosts, but thoro la no orldoaoo that rrtlolo 866 

or the Cod0 0r CrlmIssl Proosdurs woo ooinpllad wlth, 

ISO so to ontitlo tbo pert108 to so dIaohargo~tba. 

who oowty jud@ hod no 8uthOrlty to dimot tho roloose of tho part108 without l dlmohargo of tho Jud& 

Peats against thoa Is sno of tbo modem provldod by Isa. 

The pswar to raalt fin08 18 61VOn br law t0 the 6OVWnor alon*. Artlols 8W of tho RsvIsad Statutrs roqulres 

8B l ooourlt to bo kept by tho olork with tho shoriri, ln 

xhioh tbo lattor shall k Ohar6.d with 811 $ad@mnts,, 

rims, iorfolturoa, snd poasltks papablo to tha oountr 

j.n the oourts oi his oounty, snd ritb the oollooti8a 

of whloh ho is by lsr -do OhSr~OSblO; land srtlolo 

839 provldgs that th8 8hsrlrr ~rwr froe hlmsolf fro* 

l:sblllty by produoin6 the msipt or the oounty 

trowarer showlm tho pefuat oi suoh ludumnt, SIss, 

forfoituro, or ponoltr 

1 

or by showing t& tho satisi8otloa:oi the ooanl88 0a~8’ Oowt tb8t tbo mama 

oamot ba oollooted, or that tho sanr hi been dlso&red by lmprlsont or labor, or by *soaps, Without fault or nogleet; and that nsmoi tbo orodlts 

so allouod, l soopt. thorn0 on noelpt8 or tha trms~or, 

8~11 be ontorod without on order of the 6amlss~onorst 

oourt allowing tba l sma~ moo0 provIalons or tba Roy 

vis0d st0tut08 aa ~011 u 0r the Ooda or Crimlsal_Prooodmo wore mooted for tho purpoaa of oo~~$llng t&m 

shorirr to do .hia duty la ooUootlon 0r rin0s, aad won 

;nede plah to met just suoh oosoa aa the prodOnt.* T ** 

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_ Honorable Homer D. Bok - pa60 6 

oaont soda oitations oormspondlng to the old artIoloa otted -K the sbon quoted ,opinlon are Arts. 785 au4 793, Y. A. 0. a. 

.apA Art, 1616, f. A; 0. 9. Se8 alao 38 %r. Jur. 609 and Wynno 

P., 

' ,ot ml, v8w Stata, (air. App.) 15S 9. IV. 985. 

M hop. our vIors on theeo qusstlons will be of 

:.~OSSIS~EOO t0 four 0rri00. 

Iours very truly 

AlTORNST (BHERAL OP TEXAS