Court Opinion

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OFFICE OF THE IQrrORNEY GENEaAL     OF TEXAS
                      AUSTIN

Honorable Forrester Emcock
Cri&al   Diatr5,otAttorney
Viaxahachie
          ) Texas
Dear Sir:

the above stat

                                 c. P., R. c. S.
                                tiedin a criraind
                                Court, entitled to
                             he api>earsin tiie

         ?.cts1931, hzna
          Leg.,,p.  Z39, ch. 143, 6 S.)*
                In an opizion rendered by this Bepnrtment on
     ~ebruory 21, 1935, v:ritten by Eoi-rorzble
                                              Leoa 0. Xoses,
     i,s;i3.1036, supra, proviGe3:
               Wo witness shall receive'p.&yfor his
          sezdces as a witness in more'than one case
          at any one term of court.?
     ‘Zzievor,as abave indicatea this Statute doss not prohibit
     a witness receiving tw0 dollars per Davyand his actual
     traveling'expense* not exeeea+g four cents _oarmile going
     to sd returning from the co'urzfor ;i seeond,trip to the
     cocrt curing the same term a& in the sane case.
                 ;irticle1096, Code Of 'CrinrinalPrcceZure, sWp-Ps,
     sgecifically grovides that any aitness who &y,i.kQe been
              . .
     recogaizea, subpoenaed qr attached, and given bona for his
     ap,gearancebefore any oout, or beeore by grar& Jury, out
     of tk.3county of his residence to,testify in a felony Csss,
     ad v.:%o               -~9lianoe with the o~dligztionsof such
               a,3pearsin,~cd,
     reso&zance      or bond, shall 'oeallcwed,his sctuel traveling
     expsnses, ,aot exceeding four cents per miifigoing to fild
     returning   from the coart or @zrd juzy,   by the necires'~
                                                               XaC-
     ti3al conveysnc0, an&two dollars per day for each Oay he
     my necessarily,be absent from hams a3 a witness +. such
E3zorable ~orrester~&ncock, Page 5

case.  Said Statutes further provides that such witness
shall receive from the State, for the &ten&once upon the
District Court and gr3nb  jury in counties other tk.313th2t
of his residence, and obediende to subnoencs iseued‘under
the provisions of law his sctual traveiing ex3enses, eot
exceeding four cents per nilei going to and Gturning
frsz the court or gracandjury, by the nearest practical
coilveyance,amI two dollars per day for each day I.32 say
necessarily be absent fron 1103~3as a witness, to be psi&
CE now provided by law.
          In view of Article 1036, Cockof Criminal Pro-
cedure, supra, you are respectfully advised that it is
the opinion of this depsrtnent that your question should
be answered in the affirmtive, ad it is so answered.
          Trusting that the foregoing fully amxeru      your
iiquiry, yleremin
                                     Pours very truly
                                AT'fO~%TZY
                                         GiZ&E~~ OF TZXQS

                                               &f--
                                BY
                                          Ar~&elfWilliam3
                                                Assistant

          APPROVEDMAR 9, 1940