OFFICEOFTHEATTORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS AUSTIN

Konorable Gsorgs H. Sheppard Comptroller of Pub110 Aoaounte Austin, Texas Dear Sir; ould and eriifre010
Your letter ion OSthis depart3 requesting an opln-

. His 0888 released :tram e -date was

aorumotion with the reandhis habeas oorpua prooeadin a letter addressed to thin 6by SanUleveland, Distrlot AVilb, Tsxacas,rhioh letter Is
ohn Ednaadson, Sheriff of Palo Pinto Oounty, presented hle olaim ror mileage in retnm-

‘Y Rayburn from Harris County to Palo Pinto County th a department refused payaent of aafaoon the ground that ths bondsmenwers liable for thst fss. Hr. Cleveland alaim that thla department is In error 

### in that partioular and alaim that the bonddmenwere dlsoharged whenR@NWA was arreeted in fiarri 8County,Honorable George R. Sheppard, Page 2

“I will thank you to advise whether or not the Stat. should pay the mileage and sxponae aooouut OSthe Sherifr or Palo Pinto County ror returning faok Rayburn to Palo Pinto County under the faota stated in this letter and ths attached letter from the Distriot Attorney at Stephenvillo, Texan.” Theletter of the Distrfot Attorney of 3tephentillo, addreesbd to your department and referred to in your request, after omitting the argumentative portion, reada as followe!

7011 have reoeatly hadfor oontdderation the aooount of the sheriff of Palo Pinto County in whioh aafd aooount them war an itea relative to wnreylng **Jaok**Rayburn from Harris County to Palo Pint.0 **county.** &burn was indioted in 1932, oonvioted ln 

### 1937,his ease was appealed and thereafter afflrmedl andupon the mandate being r&mmed by the Court. of Criminal Appeals hewaiasubjeot to arrest and delivery ta the penitentiary authorities. l . .

“Rayburn uas resently looated in Earrlr County, end was arrested upon the notioe whloh hadbeen plaoed in the hands of all ofiioers early in 

### 1938 after his ease was afftirmed, After his reoent arrest hewaaoonflned in jail in Harris County, the prison authorities were notified, and they were ready and willlng to piok himupiA Harris County and oonvep himto the prleon at Riuntsville.

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**‘ 0~**  the other handRayburnat this stage, had the right to have his 088%reviewed oa his applioation for awrit of habeas oorpue, whioh he filed in Efarrin COMty. l . l -Upon the ifling of his # cation in Barris County the WUWJ

wae heard by t 8w:t whodeterPined that Surisdiotlon was la 0Pinto count itf$$#g&th” oasg transferred there. for fiAai

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Honorable 

### George R. Sheppard, m* 3

Thesort ulain(( oat of t&eretural~ of 

### JaokRayburn to Palo PiAt0 Ooplrty imr Harris CountJ was due to the faot that the eaid Raybura had filed his applloation for 

### a s writ of habeasoorpue in Earrle Uouat;l led t& OIPSSwas transferred to Palo Pinto Oouaty. El8 ruaoval w&eIndopeAdMt and had AO oonneotion whatsoever with the main oaee uAdar whioh hewas eonrioted or with the mAdate of 

### theCourt of CriminalAppeals, but his treaefer arose eolely out of t&e habeas oorpw proceeding.



### Artlole 1W Oodeof OrImiAal Proooduro, 

### Ohapber 7, Title 

### 3,reads as f&u81

9lha the return of the uril, hne boa mde and the applioaat brought before the oourt, he 1s no longer dotaflwd oa the original rimrant 

### or pro

### 8888, bat underthe rtlthorlty 

### o? the ktabew 6orpw. The lafekeep

### 2 of the prisoner, pendl~ the emsiAntion or hea ne is entirely tmder the direotioa and authority of the 

### judgeor oourt leanly the writ, or to whloh thr return is mado. Honay be bailed from dey to day, 

### or bo **nntandod Co**  **t&o same**  jail whence he oam, 

### or to Amyother plae8 of l afe keeping under the oontrol of the JW4geor eorut, till the eaee is fixmlly determined.” Ahabeas oorpue prooeeding Is a prooeedlAg tbt 18 IndepertdeAt o? the originll oauee**and** the ooete a?181 lnourring out 

### or euoh a preoeedlag ehould not be oonri ered “g Or as oorte of the rain oarsa Thi8 olnt is browht out in the oa6eof YoCoraiok t. Sheppard, 128 Tex. 29, 

### b6 S. I. (24) 

### Uj, in whioh t&o 

### oerrt stated as follower A writ 

### orhabeasoorpw lies when 

### a pereo~~i~ ~etralaed ef his liberty reg6rdleer 

### of the offense oharged. AJmbeae oorpue proeeadiag I8 Independent or thr offsA oharged,

. . , we think that prooeediaga for write of habeae oorpw are to be regarded a8 IAa epeoial 0111811,and the ooete lnoldent thereto ale not to be rogardedas ooate in the maln 

### ease. mo date 

### r0r various reaeons 18peouliarlr 1ntereated in proteotfag the liberty of the individual. In muq inetanoee the leeuanoe of the writ 18 oaloulated to lvllen the 6tate or ooonty fro8 large rxpmm*. There ir thetafore ample ooaslderatlon to authorlse the payment 

### or the fee by the state,

. . .”Slaae the offiooro of Pale PInto Uouatr aro 00~

Pellootod on Rfee baolo, otld tho eount~ havlly o popalatloa of 18 458 aooording **to** the **lad 0OnOUO,**  **Arti** 

### low, **Cod0**
**or Or** Linti Proo8dar0, Chaptor 2, Title 15, 10 

### theproper artfolo 

### toaonoldorin dotormin.lkq tha roei 

### 0rits ohorirf and aonotable. This artiole, in part, protldoo:

”

. . . . % ?or 

### attod a prleoaer onhabeas eorpuo, for eaoh day four 

### together with mIloa&o as provided 

### inoubdl+loloa 3,uWm ram7 7 ouah 

### plooner out 

### or tho oorutty OBdor an ord*r osued by a dlotrlat or rppellatr judge.* 8Pbdltiolon 5 

### roforrad Coln Seatioa 

### 8oi MIale 1030, oapra, roads in part amtollowor

. protldod, that La oountiro that km a pOpUlOk~O'Oi 1000 thu forty thOUOalidinhobitanto, as ahowa by the preobdiryl Podaral 

### oanouo, the rollowing roe0 shall apply8 For raoh Irile thm 0rri0er may be oompellod to travel in 

### l reeuting

arlainal pmoeoo, owaonlq or attaahlng wltaeeoeso,

### ton aento~ 

### provided,

that ia no aaoe oh0l1 h0 be allowed to doplloatr his raileage whan.two 

### or mom witn00000 ar0 named in the 

### oa58or dirrermi 

### writs in any 0880 emdho oh0l1 lorvo proaoso 08 thOmin the sametlolnltg or neighborhood, 

### duriql6 %a ~saao trip, ho shall not ohargo a&lea60 

### for soning oaoh witness to ad tror th0 oouaty Oeat, but shall oalr ohargs one aileago, and ror suah additioml miles oalr as aro aotuallJ and noa~osarll~ tra+c4ad In ounaanlng or attaching eaoh additional wltneeo. Whan

### prooeoslo sent by mall to any offloor 

### away tror the oountr seat 

### or returnedbr mail br suoh orricer, he ohall only bo allmod to 

### ohargo lairoa6. ror the miloo aatually traveled 

### byhti In rxaoutlng 

### 0~0hpr0000o,atid 

### th0**roturn** 

### 0r **th0** 

### 0rri00r ohall show the ohamotor of the oaniee **and** the tiles aotuo.llT 

### tnralbd ln l aoordaaao with this oubdiriolon; and his l

ooeunto shall showthe iaato.’ Whenth0 oOU?t Oi &rriO OOUfbtJtrUOfOrd the oaoe 

### toPalo Pinto County, it bweur the Oourt’o duty to

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Honorable George H. Sheppard, Paso 5

deliver thadoreadeat to the sheriff or that oogitl, The l hmrifi of Palo Pinto Oountr nent to Harris Count7 took Jaok Rayburn into auotody and transported him to Polo P&o County.

It is thorstore the opinion or this department that thn l herlfi or Pclo Pinto County, tier the raoto stated, lo mtitled to ree0 rmm the state ror his aeniooo in rrtwning Jaok Rarbburnfrom Rarrio County to Palo Pinto County as provlded IE Artiale 1030, oupr8,

Yours tery truly