**OFFICE OF**  **THE A** **’ l-rORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **‘ TEXAS**  **ITORNEY GENERAL**  **AUSTIN**
**Qua.m c.** **WLllW 4l.m**  **rromn Ommu.**  **AlTomn**

**Bonol*blr** Ben Dmir Oeerlia

Cout;t Attorney mron GouB8y &Tanon,Tsar **Bonol*blr** Ben Dmir Oeerlia Cout;t Attorney mron GouB8y hTa#on,Tsar DOW6i.r;

Your requort for op auerully aonslllerd by thlr y0uf requwt l8rallow~:



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### cQlw5.8efonor4i court ve ptea total or #LOO i?or l aeh 1.undrrra%andit! the fee whioh I would **be** eBt2tlOd t0 in 8bWb$&I rUli riB8 UJdOOBtl were **pcrld.**fionorablo Ben Davis Osaalin, 

### Fag@8

to whlah I amnot entitled. Kill you please write meand 1st PLO knowjust what oourao should be followed. II tha above uplanatlon la not full anou@hpleace let M knowand I will attempt to ~rplaln further.*
Article loss, Vernon~s 4nBotatra Coda **or** Criminal Prcc~dure, raada se Sollowsl

“Tha county shall not be liable to the **OffiWt** ‘and **WitBOSS** h8~lng **OOSt8** 1~ 8 **dSde** meanor oaae where dafandant pays hia fine amI 00mta. Ths oouaty shall be llablo ?or ortabsir or the ram8 of the 0rrioua Of tha 

### Court, whanthe 4arandant falls to pay hla rlna and lays his rlaa out 

### Inthe county jell or dla

### ohargaa

the 86maby meant3**0r** 

### workingauah ritk8 out on the oouaty roads 

### oron any oounty pojaot. AM 

### tog8y 8Uoh hair ao8te, the County Clark shall iaeue hlr warrant on tba County Traaaorar in faror **0r** sueh 0rfl0w to ba paid out of thr Road and Eridge Lund or other fnads not otherwlaa appropsiated .* lrtlols 920, ?arnon*B Annotated 

### Co&eofCrlalnal pT000aw, appliwble to surtioe courts, roads SR r0Um8:



### =Aderandant

plaoau la Jail an acoouat 0r failure to pay the fine and mats oan be dlaobrr&eQ oa haboas corpus by @having:

“1, Tht he la too poor to 

### paytha 

### rim and coet5, and

“2. Thet he has ramaload in jail a auiriciant length or time to satliy the rin8 

### and aomtu, at the rata **0r** thras dallarm r0r aaah day. aoi the defendant *ball, In no ~888 under thir artlola, be diaaharged until ho **has been**  **lmpsiaoned** at least tan days2 and a juatloe 0r the. pea00 nuy dlrobarga the dafendant upon 

### his ahowlng the aama aauss, by ap.plfeatlon to suoh justiae; and wben auuh a~pllcrcrtlon la 

### granted, the Justlos ahall not6 tba same on hla Ilooket,*

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lionorablo Bon Davis Qeaalln, Page 3

iJn6dsrthe feats atated~in sorvicc of the defendants wagprl+ 2 ~~~l~;~~~zl~~ and not after their convictlon. no c~i~l~ally be al.fcrea for jell service a to ocnvlotlon.

**It is**  **our further**  opinion tbat the Justice bad no authority to give the dofandanto oredit for oaid 

### Jail eervica

aldthat the defendants &ill. owe the balance of their fine and co$t6, an6 earnsie novaoollaotlble a6 in **other carom.** 

**It 18**  **our further**  opinion that the county **la** not now liable for any ooste In the aa6e to any ofrioor under tb fact6 ststed.

For your inform&ion we 

### are maloalng **barawltb** oopiss of opinions #OS. O-l@&8 and O-1792 of tbls **Aagart** ment which baa1 with collmotlon of lines and costa 

### in Juatfao Courts. Very truly 

### yours

WF:lb 2 sno.