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### I 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.

.. “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 Waslmpraatioal 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 .viasheld ‘andyou 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
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“fn & opinion you &3.-entitled to tileage OS $.15: per niie s’romIJfmiphis- to Turkey and return, to be psia PJ the State upon proper bill, and af ’tq .tho prisonor is indicted by a eriaa jury, OS**coume** you'noula .' &SO bs 9ditlOa to tho rer3ular felon~r uiloage for arr~st;lnS andputtlng the’aoouoed~in ,._ jail in **ti+** first p$e~e.*~ b. Article 1020,. Vernon’s i&otataa Texas Code of

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..&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$4.00B ljhG Dol..- 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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# State any aMlti6nsl nileage : [ 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 2

. r without wnrrant, or whentwo OTnosy narrmts 1~ of arrost or oa2lases are’se.rved or could have 5 been servad on the sanzodefendant on any one 2 day. ,‘
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.,, .~ r . . . ë. j “The l%ms’nentionod in this Articld shall i booom due and payable only aftor the Indiot- : 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,, 5 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 haspdone 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 OSthe mtcrial. i 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 ; j. ox County Attorney shall be ontitled to n Toe in 4 nny felony ease Sor servieoe perSomed bofo3 at? ‘
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‘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 $QOshall 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 Ganedefondnnt for offenses gror.dnz -Out OStha 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."

. 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: 1 ~.,,:; _. ..: “
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. For oxeouting ea& warrant OSarrest 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;henauthorized 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. If .

l "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 whenmore 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.'* .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 oneYia5003veyed.~ -: **hrtiole** 1031, Vernon’s Annotated Te‘zas &de of Crinin@ Pyooedure, .reqds a8 follows: “; .: ,:’
.. .~ 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~~~ bO0votk Hero o6st &the lost &esidentkal olootion in IL11 County. !Phepopulation of flail Countyis less than 1;0,000.inhab1t~ts’aocordir.p; to the 19l+O,,Podernlcensus. .The oounty offioerq of ~fiall.,County are alao oo@a+ated upon,a foa basis._r
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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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