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State, assum& the prinonor to be IndioteB 

by the grand jury, in carry-in6 the Drlsonar 

.Sron Ikaqhis to Turkoy Sor the cxt-&ning trial 

and then t&inC bin baa:: to the- county jail 

in &.J!Iphis. 

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“You are aaviseo that an accused is en- > 

titled to cn oxmining trial, unless ho waivss 

mm6. -Art. 245, o.t ooq,, C. C:P. httho ttia 

‘you arrest&. the aocusoa tho hour Was lmpraatioal to hold an ‘cx=fiining trial and you dkd 

what you could only do, plnoa hiu in the county 

jail at L!eq~hfs, The next day the oxmining 

triel .vias held ‘and you took ‘tho prisoner to 

Turkey, a dlstanae of soza 46 miles, ana after. 

the trial was held, the. aoounod being in do- , ‘. 

fault of bail, you took hi* to the oounty jail. 

in Uamphis ,and there~~oomlttod, hlmt .. 

“fn & opinion you &3.-entitled to tileage OS $.15: per niie s’rom IJfmiphis- to Turkey 

and return, to be psia PJ the State upon 

proper bill, and af’tq .tho prisonor is indicted by a eriaa jury, OS coume you'noula .' 

&SO bs 9ditlOa to tho rer3ular felon~r uiloage for arr~st;lnS andputtlng the’aoouoed~in ,._ 

jail in ti+ first p$e~e.*~ b. 

Article 1020,. Vernon’s i&otataa Texas Code of 

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cl!hlhlal PspC0dUl?e, YXEaa lrl part'iI9 ~OL1.OW9.3.: 

.. &hePiffs &a COn.&ab& seruiug process ana 

attctidinc;. auy exa3initig court in the exan&natLon 

of auy s010ny o?em, shall be entitled to suc!~ roes 

es are fixed by law for sirztlor services in misdcmanor cases $n County Cowt to be paid b’ 

Stat6, not to oxceca Four and Ho/loo 4$4.00 B Dol..- ljhG 

lam in any on0 case, and milongc actua.llg 9na ,:. 

n0~3ssers.l.y travdei! 5.11 going to the place of arrest, ~133 for couvcying the prfsoner or prisoners 

to jail as provided in Artiolea 1029 and 1030, Code 

of, .Crizdnal Procafiurc, as the facts my be, but no 

ni,lony,cs ~ibatever shnl.1 be paid Tar auW~ou%uS OP 

attachin.g witnesses in the county &ore cafto is 

pondinC. Provided no .shoriff or constcb1.e shell 

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‘. receive from the State any aMlti6nsl nileage 

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for afly subsequent arrest of a defendant in the 

oaf3 oaee, or in any other cam in au exmlning 

; ‘courtor in any district oourt based upon the 

, ;; sane oharge or upon the sme criminal act, or 

! ’ growing out of the sme orininal transaction, 

whether the arrest is msds tilth or without a 

w&rant, or before or after Zndiot%eut, and in 

no event shall he ba allowad to ~duplicate his . I 

f fcos for mileage for mkfng arrdx, with or 

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without wnrrant, or when two OT nosy narrmts 

1~ of arrost or oa2lases are’se.rved or could have 

5 been servad on the sanzo defendant on any one 

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j “The l%ms’ nentionod in this Articld shall 

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booom due and payable only aftor the Indiot- 

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I nent of the defondant for an offense’baaed . . 

upon or mos~ing out of the ah.arge filed in the 

4 exawinin& court and upon an iteraized ao’oount, sworn ,, 

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t to by the officers olai~ng such fees, approvad by. 

t tho Judge of the Distriot Court, and s&l Ccmty 

a ? or Distriot Attorney shall prosent to the Diatriot’ 

;. 3 Judge the ~tontinony t~arsoribod in the exoaining. 

: F ‘tl’lal, who shall oxorulne the sa.m? all&certify that 

: h’e hasp done so ar.il thgt he finds the testbzow of ! one or nore w3.tnesxos to be niaterial; and provided 

!: further that a cortificdte from the I)iGtri,Ct Ch?~~z; 

showing that the written taottiony OS the mtcrial. 

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5 d,tnassas hm been fil.eil with said Dietriot Clerk, 

g ln aocordmoe with the precodiaz yasngra@h, ohull 

t ba attached to said accoulrt before SUO!~ Distriot 

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j. ox County Attorney shall be ontitled to n Toe in 

4 nny felony ease Sor servieoe perSomed bofo3 at? 

‘. j oxmining, ,cour.t . 

‘Vhf!.; bh; Pie shall be all.oumB te my~offic~ar 

mentioned herein for servioos rendsred In an 

oxomining trial, though ,nore t&cl one defendqut 

is joSued in the co:&aint, or a seve~auce is had. 

t&ifn a0foZaantG .Cira prOWX3ded against sepal’atolyl 

who could have bean proceeded ngaimt jointly, but 

one $QO shall Da allowed in nl.l. CUSOG that COXIA 
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joined.. X& more than one Se8 Ghall be nllowcd 

any officar whore more then on0 casi3 is filed 

aGainGt fho Gane defondnnt for offenses gror.dnz 

-Out OS tha GEUX crininal act or transeotion. 'i'ho 

aoodmt of the offiocr end the approval of the 

District Surge nust affirmtively show that the 

provisions of this Article have bean coizqdied with." 

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drticle 1030, V&non*s Annot&tcd Tcxnn Code of 

Crimlnel Proocdure, p~ads in parti as follow: 

-WI eaoh county khsre there have baeu cast 

at the precladlng.presldential eleotion 1aGs thG.n 

3,000 votcm, tho -sheriff or constable shall raoeive the following fees when the ohe.?rGa is a 

felony: 

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. For oxeouting ea& warrant OS arrest or 

Or for I;lakiSlg tmw3t wlthout wmxmt, when 

author zod by law, the suu of ona dollar; and 

five oenta for oaoh tile aotuelly and neaesnarily 

travolod in going to ~laco of ar?x&, and for conv~ying the prisoner or pxlooners to jeil, nileago; 

. . as provided for in subdivision 4 chall be nllowaAu; 

.providad, thr\t. in oountitiit that have a populutlon ', 

of loss than forty;thousand inhabitagts, as Gho\m 

by the preooding Fedoral oenGuG, the Eellowing fees 

shall app$y:'For exeouting oaoh warrant of orrest 

ok oapias, or for nakiag arrest dthout warrant, 

v;hen authorized by lawi three dollars anB. fifteen 

conta.for each nil6 actually end necessarily 

traveled in &oinc to place of arrosti end for conveying prisoqcrs to jail, nilea~e rts provided for 

In Gubdivlsion 4 shall be alloiwd; and one docker 

shall be nllovted Sor the approval of h bond. 

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"For ror,oving a~priconer, for each &lo going 

nnd coiling, including e;unrds and all other expnsos, 

when tsvoling by railroad, ton ocntr; when traveling OthePd.ao than by rnilrond, Sifieen COTI~S; 

provided, that when more than one prisoner is rc~:oved 

at tha GCl?B l&e, in addition to the sorq;oing, he 

shall. only ha alloV.ed ten oents n Rile for each 

additionnl prisonor.'* 

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Tbe ‘o&e of Binford v. Robix5on, 244 S. !Y. 607 

held t&t a ehitriff mo entitled t0 tGn CQnt3 per mile for .’ 

binself and ten oents per tile for tha prisoner, where 0nJ.y 

one Yia5 003veyed.~ 

-: hrtiole 1031, Vernon’s Annotated Te‘zas &de of 

Crinin@ Pyooedure, .reqds a8 follows: 

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Vhon servioos hevo been rendered by any ’ 

@doe offioer othor than a sheriff, ruch as ere' 

. enwmreted in the two preoedips arkiclos, such 

Offioer shell rsoelve the saz.8 fees therefor’ae 

are alloised the sheriff, ‘l’imsa~~ shall be ,tered.. 

in tho sherlffta bill of costs, and notedthorein ’ ‘_ 

‘08 costs due such jxxce office?; and ~%hen rocoiived 

by such sheriff, he shall pay the sqe’to, such 

peaoa offi,eol:;” ‘. _. : ,.- ;,;.,:>.;, ..,.~,;?: , 

Yhxs’tho~~~ bO0 votk Hero o6st &the lost &esidentkal olootion in IL11 County. !Phe population of flail 

County is less than 1;0,000.inhab1t~ts’aocordir.p; to the 

19l+O,,Podernl census. .The oounty offioerq of ~fiall.,County 

are alao oo@a+ated upon,a foa basis._r ..‘:I:,., ~_ 

Under Artitiie 1031, V. A. T.-C.“C. P.‘; eupra, 

tho Deputy Sheriff ccnnot file a clain with tho State Oozq$ 

troller-for his nki.leege and feeo. The claim met be filed 

by the ehcriff. 

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'i'msting that this sutisfaot+.iy anmers .your 

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