Court Opinion

ID: 5027538
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-10-01 05:03:54.918126+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:18:01.038861
License: Public Domain

The judgment of the County Court attacked by habeas corpus in the same court, and in this Court on appeal from the order of the County Judge remanding him to custody, was on a plea of guilty before the court. It recites:
 'Wherefore, it is considered by the Court that the defendant is guilty of the offense charged herein, to-wit: Aggravated Assault, and his punishment is assessed at a fifteen months in jail and all costs of this prosecution.
 'It is therefore ordered, adjudged and decreed by the Court that the State of Texas do have and recover of the defendant L. C. Williams the said fifteen months in jail and all costs of this prosecution, and the defendant being present in Court, is placed in the custody of the Sheriff, who will forthwith *Page 884
 commit him to the Jail of said County, fifteen months in jail until such fine and costs are paid. And execution may issue against the property of said defendant for the amount of said fine and costs.'
We remain convinced that the judgment is not void because the defendant was committed to jail until 'such fine' was paid. No fine having been assessed, the words 'such fine' may be rejected as surplusage, leaving a valid judgment committing the appellant to jail for 15 months and until all costs are paid.
Appellant's motion for rehearing is overruled.