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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN . "the ardor. defineo 8 ktio2P C.C.P., o in the presenoo~of the defendeat, and eaterod

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Honorablb f. 0.' Hobortr, pa80 2

,bo orrrlsd into oxoeution.”

In the oaao of A felony, tho tlnal aentenoe IS the sot of the 00~t or3arin& that the oonviotsd pereOn be sent to tha ponitentlAry. A6 an order of Court made In pur- lt mu6t be ob4yod by a11 pereoar to whom it i8 guano6 of lrr dlreoted.

The Jailer, of oourae, ir, ^[4] deputy to the eherlii, and'ao 6Uoh LS an OSilO4r OS the COWi PrOnOUnOln& the eentenoe.

I1e Is bound by law to obey the lnwful order6 of Qourt. Uis re- fiASn1 .to do SO, auoh 46 a rOiuS41 t0 ddiVar a QrlaOnor 664t4466d’ to the pOnitentirry, i6 OOnt6I6ptUOU6, an3 A8 6UOh oould and ehould be brought to the attention of the eentenoin& Oourt for appro- priate pUnlshmeatr See Contempt, 800. 12, 13 C. J. p. 9, end au- thorltie8 olted.

/ Artiole 6166r mkss olear the right rnd duty of the d

Tbxar Priooo System tbrougb lte authorized a!gents to demand and reoelve oonviotad snd sontenosd porsonn from the eberlffs-of T0X6S l &y rerueal on the part OS the sheriff of a oouuty, or his deputy, to surrender A oonvioted and 6eateao44 prlsonsr . rhould b4 brought imodiatelp to tho attention Or the Court.

We turthor 6we46t that, in the event a sberirf or 006 $11 bin deputies should re'fuse to d4llYOr'Suoh a prisoner, the penitentiary ngsnt Should prsaent hi6 oqmaltment papers to the Court and give laiormatlon to the Court of suoh refuSa1.

The Court,‘under suoh oirOUmBtano46, would or should, o$ oour6b, ttks lmmediete aotlon to 844 that its ordsre ars carried lnto .lmedlato effeot. In thr mmt Approprlats aotion should not

be taken l.n my 6UOh ifU3t6llO0, that all oi the~iaOtS, ~4 6Ucg66t lnolublag the oifiolal rooords,. be iOrnrArd4d to thl6 oftloo irr w;;inthAt w; May, on boh~lf,or~.t~ Stattr, tak4 apprOprlat4 .,!' , .'~, . . , I : .". .' ,I '. t .: ..,, \, I ,.~. Very truly yourb, :. . . (, ,.' ,I,:, ,..

Elbort Hoopor : .: Assi8toat