OF **THE** AITORNEY GENERAL AUSTIN **OF** TEXAS

XomrabIe C, LJIM Z?iller county Attorney, Bee county Beeri lie a Texar

‘Dear iSir:

**Your lett**  opinion **of thlr**  dopa reabe, **la** 

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**3 AHiOlW**  **8884p a0**  oapiar ‘protina to 06~06 ent ana a#iolo 698 rtde), o~ement o? ao~.jadgeuntin

### ma ,-6am 0t the ProofAur~arr applloabli* 80 **rar** am neooooary io oarry**,qut** tha **pro~is~+zy** of thie azfial*.’ *Purtbar,It eitherwith04 ir opea;and it le pwelt 8 matter **ot** obo%or,~ who shouldEDakr

the doofrlon,of whioh method to we, the CountyJudge, the County xttornoy or the County Clark?Bonorabla0. LynoYlUer, page 8

**"It** la **ng** oontention aa CountyAttorney, that the defendant Ia, after all, primarily llablo for the fine and ooste, and that the surety la, after all, only eeoondarllylIabla.W

Artlole 698, Vern~n~a AnnotatedCode of Criminal 

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“On oaoh verdict ot aopulttal

### or aonvlotloa, the popor **judgmnt** almll bo entered lmmdlat.11. It aoqulttd the 

### aer8nam shall be at onoe dIaO&rgod from all turther liability upon the oharge for whloh ho war tried; providedthat, lo mlrdemaanor oaaim where there 

### lareturned a rerdlot, or a plea oi guilty 

### laentered and the punlahment aeaeased la by **iin0** only, the CourtMay, on wrItton raquest

### 0r the defendant and ror good oauae ehown, 

### defer judgment until aom other day fired by order o? the Court; but in ,110

### erd ahall the judpnt be deferred 

### for a lbnger then eIx (6) mnth~o. On explratlon o? the t fixed by the order OS the Court, tha Court of Judge t+rtof, sba3.l sntes judgmmt on the verblot or plea aad the. #ail* ahall be ereauted’aa pro?i4ed **bf** Ohapter 4, Title 9, ,oi thq 0ode.d 

### Criminal w000aan of tha States of !J!*xaa. 

### -provided

turther, that the Coart oT.J

’adp thereof ‘In the. kxerble6 af aoound disbretloa

-‘.ky pe.rm&tthe defendant wheri j~itlgment la deforrrd, t.6

trmaln at largeda his cm 

### reoogalsan8o, or mry require him to enter Into band **in** a l**uta at**  leaat doubla the **emount**of the aareaard fine and ooeta, oondltloned that, the defendant and auretira, jointly and aerrrally, wIU pay auoh fine and ooata unleaa tha **dafeadau~** porronally appwa oa the day, **rit** in the order and dlaohargea thr jud&$uent in the aanner prcirldrd by Ohaptar4, Title 9 of the **Code**of Criminal Prooedure ; or the Stateof Texariand ior the enforoemento? any judgment entered all writa, pr0008(LO@ and remdiea ot the Oodo oi Crlm!.nal Pmoedure WO made applloablo ao zl;;et:oea8ary A~ oarry **out** the provlalonr or thI8HonorableC. Lyne PLiller, page J

Prior to the amendment of Artiale 698, aupre, in 1931 #aid artlolere ulrad that the proper judgment“be entered imwdiately.” iIt3 rotorore, In OplakonHo. O-3488 thla dsparti&ntrandsrad an opinion relating to the forfeitare of bonds Iaaued and eraouted under Artiole 698 and rarlow other **quo** atlone. We are onolosfnga oopy or this oplnlodfor your oonvenlenoo.

In tfew 

### 0r t& raets *tat& la your Iaqulryand in virtue ot Artlolo 690, aupza, Chapter 4, **PitAa** 9 of the **Oodo** of OrImInal Prooeaure ot the State **ot** Texas and our Oplnlon O-SdS8, **it** la our oplnloa that the boml l hould **bo** torfolted and that a saplas pro fine should laaua al80 and, ia the eventthe oapiae pro 

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8tka 8atiafiod **by** the detendaat paying the tine and owta, or remaining in jail a autiioient length of tima to aatldy the aam, or If the defeadant aatidlea the jodgmant **by** working **la** 

### the **work** houae, aouaty farm or pub110 tiprorenwntr of the **eeunty** as authorlead by the atutea, the **Court** oould rat aalde Ita order forreltingthe **bond.**

You attaah i oopy of the bond to paur InqaIr$ and aak if the bond ia tall&. Tha Court ot Criminal Appeala, Insofar aa wo hare **been** able to detarmlne haa **not** rendered +ny opinion regarding the vrliaitt **or** invalldhy 0r bonds f88u6a 8na exeouted a@or Artlole 698, aupra. k hare oaretolly aonildared the bond pxo8ente4 and note that it oonkpliea with the atatuteia 8oma reLi%% 

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marefore, wa 8x9 not in a po8ltlon to say that thr

I Trusting that 8ha ioragolng tully answers yo’octa

lawlxy, we ax0
Tour@ very ‘truly

**=mED ax?**  **14, 1943** 

ATTO; 

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