3p ’ ‘~ OFFICE OF .THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

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county Attorno~ 

Bar Chatty 

Bee+illr, Tuar 

Deer Ml,* Baz’ahlllr 

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t, Prrainst 6 of 8.e 

80titr fu~ti00 0r th0 

a? A Deputy ghorift ii& 

6 trot that the Crimiaal 

.8. orrm do enot r aarry aa l nty sherlrr~~~0rri0cr ia in doibt u 

In other r 0r d1 1 I em , 

ruling l 6 to how th6 shmrr*8 Of~ldO 11 

this awit, ii 18 18 au0 thi8 omit, 

tana l II luditat*r inOp00ti0fi. Th0 mix 

or ermrt WBI lrtwa cttt oi Preoinot 6,br 

or the ~a800 4ab l ar r6t\un -8 aad* Iq 

l me, lt WII aoporitrd 4th the Jurtior or the Peaocl 

or moin~t 6, *ho 

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orantcld 

Th8re0rr th0 sheri *a 

l ma to 8ho Orand JurJ. 

0rrie0 hu no rooord or a aam 

riled in thir mennet until l r ta r lndiobent has been 

retum64.” 
;tlse Catherine Lyne BarnhIll, page 2 

Xssumlng thst an sxa~lnlng trial was had and your 

sheriff or deputy perform4 eerrloes In such examining trial 

-rovldsd in Artlole 1020 Vernon’s Umotated Texas Coda or 

~~&a1 ProceUure, and thekiter tho defendant was indloted 

f,x an offense based upon or growing out of the ohsrgr rile4 

In the exa.uIning Court, and such indlotment ohargad the orCsnsr or awrde?, or sane other felon9 other thtn one under 

whloh n oonvlotlon of a mIadeseanor or a relon9 whloh oerrlu 

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jtha punishment of a rlne, jail rentenoe or both euoh ?Ine and 

Iqmlsomnent in jail 

\ the provisions of 83 i d Art, 1020, V. A. C. C. P., ln regard to 

rag be had, than upon oomplylng with 

prerentlng a morn, Itorlzad aooouat, ato., a proper olaln b9 

suah ofiioer :*ould be allowable. 

8awetar, If the iAdiOtmeAt t¶&i;rlAUt defeA48At IS for 

a fslon9 other th%n murder but under the law he map be aonriotsd 

under suoh lndlotment for a slsdemm~or, or the punlehaent ass8ased sEalAst his ma9 be a rise or both fiA6 and jaI1 SeAtmoe, 

the State ma9 not pay sny mondy to the orrloer for hla servicer 

rendered IA the @xsizinlng trial of suoh osse, until the mid 

lndlotscnt hsa been finally disposed o? In ths trial Court,elthar 

by 41 snlsaal , aoqulttal, or a OOAViQtiOA, snd the punishment 

assessed be other thhan !I fine sad/or jail SeAtenor, 

In AO event rould a olaIm egalnst the State 11s for 

such fses Mtil aA IndIOCment has been ?OturAed iOr aA Offense 

0r the grade 0r a rOiOA9 baaed upan or growing out 0r the oharge 

riled In the ex.smIning Court. 

In Cast tha defendant 1s IA4Ioted for a fOiOAy sad 

upon ooAvIotlon hfr pUAidUW3At is by riAt4 or oonfinamsnt IA 

thu 00uAtg jail, or by both ruoh iin0 and confineimnt in the 

county j311 or oonvlotod or a mlsdemeenor, then suoh oosts 

should ba taxed, assesoed *rid collected from the dsfandant,ae 

ln mIsde3erlnor oaees. (so0 Ovsrrtrset v. State, 112 Cr. l?, 

w8:f I. 

6. Ifi. (2) .1039; and Exparte Taylor, 142.Cr.R. 640,155 S.yJ. 

The olalm for such fees would not oome *through 

Prsolnot 1 (Beeville Praolnot)‘, as, sooordlng to the facts 

stated by JOU, the rervloes were perforaad by your Sherlif or 

dspnt9 pursuant to a ooapl*IAt mad IA Preoinot 6. Your 

!iherIff and deputies may perform offtoial serVioe8 iA aA 

Justioe Court In sny preolnot of your County regardless oi the 

raot suah preolnot hse an sotlve Justloe of the F’eaoe and ?UI 

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rias CsthariniJ l.yae Ssrnhill, pago 3 

3ctivc coaotnblo. The feea rOF ;ruch rarVl8ud rendered, if 

collectable it *ll, fire due t!ae offloer aotu4llp pertoralng 

ths srrvloa~, whether ha be Sheriff ot Conotqble, 

TmstIng tba above fully ansmrs your question, 

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