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OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS Bomrablo Loo Hart
Dear xr..E$rtr , ,.. ..\
when detondant ha8 naainod In ouotody COr thr tin rW&ulred by lar~to l atirfy tb amount of rnoh jud@wnt.
Art1010 78'1, Cod. oi Criminal Pmooduro, provldor that when a judgment ha8 been renarred *galCUt a dmoAubt ror a paoonl- ar7 ilnr, If ha 18 promnt, ho 8hall b8 laprlaoned In Jail until di8Oharged a8 proridrd la, and,, t&t, a OWtifiOd OOp7 Of rlloh Judgment rhall k 8uiSlolrnt to l uthorlcr ruoh lapr180naontr
Am018 W, C0dO Of C?irinrl ~OOdutO~~ Oro~ldO8 that when a peouniary ilno haa beon l djadgod a&alnst a doiondmt not pre8ont, a oapiar 8hell torthwlth bo isrued for hia arrmt, and, the rherlff 8hal.i oxroute the '8am8 plaobg the dmfmndant in iall.
art1010 983, Codr of Criminal Proordure, prorldor tht
when the dofondant 18 onl7.ifnod the ~uaguant rhall be t&t the State oi T8xar reoovar of the dofondant the l muut of aaoh rim and all oortr of prorroutlon, and that the dmndmt, If plwont, ba ooauittod to Jall,untll 8uoh rim and sort8 are paid! or, ii 4arendant bq aot,pra,rmt, that a oaolar Iorthwlth 18801, QOI- annding the rherlff ti amoot th Wondad and ooaait hia to jail until ruoh rlna and oortr ara wld~~alro, that aooution rq 1881~ propert 8uoh brendaut ror the againet of mob fine amwit and oqstr. mi0ir ‘191, c0de cbi4.w gi~00dr~0, provide8 that In Iwh mrer an uoutloa m7 18~~9 ror #IO tin. nd oortr, tb, drfondantg Upa & 8apia8 y thOUa 8 Oapia8 ~a8 188~6 for l88ue dmfrndant Shough &a ueoutlon war 188~ad againat him propert7. Tin l xooutlon 8h8ll bo oolleotod d rotamad am In ofrll aotlonr. Wba axootitloa ha8 born oollrotod, th# &don&ant 8hd.l k at onoo birohar~d; uhm8rw iin@ and sort8 hate km la&all7 d18Oh+TdOd in an7 way, the reoutlon aha nturned 8a8ridi.
Artiolo V98, Codr ot Criminal Fvooeduro, almo pro- vider rhrn ddondant ha8 boon oommlttod to juL1 In de- rault or tha tlnr,and 8ortm djud6od 6ala.e him, thr further nioroeuwnt of auoh judgment 8haU br $n ooordanoo with grovlrlona of the Coda of Criminal Rooedure.
4. *3 The hot8 In ltx Part* Oook oaaa, aupra, Wra that relator warn oomlotrd of ml8doaoanor and him panl8hmmt asress~d at a line ot $3 and OOatA~ Eo ram allow4 to do at lards about a roar and a half, vhon he ram arrrstod and plaoad in Jail oldor 8 oaplar pro rift* to math0 tha juQm8nt. Oa 8 haarlng ondrr a nit Or habeam OorpUA ha WaA' rrnaudod to OUAtOdJ b7 tb dlrtrlot appealed
blator $A@unt ot th# dirtriot oour@ Th6 oaw 0r Laokeg ** Ekato, I4 Tax. 400, hold8 in part on thi8 AUbj@Ot a8 iOil~A? Tho lmpriaonmnt. authorhod b7 tho 18 dOAi~e& l fOZOO ?UUiAhWnt rhero it 18 ipg08.d b7 statute, rhi it oan makm a0 dlfrorumo, m reapeotr th e r ode 0r l nfo r o- in& the puJli8hmnt, WhOth@r offon8r la panirhabla b7 fina and imprlloament, or b7 rlw 81t88 8-O mm8 of %‘h@ l- l nfo r olng tb peoanlar7 uthorlmd bt tha Lltatuto, I7 tn either oarno. Tha
ir an aotual inprl#nant, Sour wall8 of th6 Jail; and where .thr Ah@rirr poraltr a aonrlat oormnitted to hi8 Ourto to (0 af large, ho la liable $or M e8oapr ." ease of tx Part* Wratt, (Court of Appeal8 Toxaa) In
16 8, W. 501, it was 8aldr * * * whmnorar 8 pal't7 i8 aoQ13LLtt.d t0 Jail 0l'd.r Of tb OoWt, nWUk8 imprisonment in th8 jail; and no other kind or owtod~, ubthor l areod to rbrirr net ; will MIxwor or dl8obArge ruoh pOni8bmont. T& rharirr has no right, no matter what him aotlvoa, rlmthw or humanity aot oommuto altar thi8 punlshasnt, and a7 ant of hi8 do* # i8 a tlolatlon of hi8 duty baoluto~ .to:d. + * Tbm agrowwnt tha 8herifr h& t0 60 at hT6@ bolng ~bAolUt.17 told, law for AUOb to peti him am a ~aonar at large, without uthorltyl time dll’t~at la other UordA, a8 en aoapbd pri80nor.a
xn Ba Part0 ~~1iAbiU7,, (court or Crlmiaal A&qualm) 665 8. W. 696, the tollowing Wa8 Ad.6 oa thfa AubJrotr ** * HO- Of thr, OrfiOerA of thr #tats had the rl@t rrlraatlr~l~ ralaau ‘a$- = *4 Honorable Loo &et, paga 4
prllmt or waive the atate’ rl@ht to the SatiSfaOtiOn Of th0 ~LUI&TA& 0s tam oourf. mm7 harlng a40 rlghttodo 8o b~afrlrma- aotlon it la our opinion tholr nogll~eo in plform- tlro that ing W duti88 vhloh hV irpo8.6 upon th.S WOUld mot O-rate dl8oharge the appellant from the nOOO88it~ 0s AUffO~ thr p8nalt7 lapor~d upon him by tha judgment of ~uvlOtiOn. Uor to pay the tine or l at1*?7 the judg- would aQQ~llUit'8 ralluro atate 0r the riuht l nfo r o r it.* nmnt doprire tbmr0n N thln& oloar ti umw to row guortlon lo. 1, either the l88~0noo xooutlon of a oaplas pro fine or the lrsuanoo and 8atlrr~otlon of a writ of xroutlon to pursue under SaOtA pa%SOutad by IS tho proper prooodqo your oommunloatlon. Am polntod out hereinabove both'romedles nmy QUrsued the 8atlAfaOtiOn &iSOhrg. of lthor ona vlll satlsf7 dirotrarge tha other. 10 blieV0 Out above M#Ver obviates th8 llOO888ity Of
aMwring four qUe8tiOM 80.8, Ho. s No. 4, am 7011 arm, no doubt, Samlllar with the dutie8 of tariOU8 oouuty oiflOOr8 ~e;~~ct to the lsruano~ and xeoution of oapla8 and writs of
In rlcn of tho ltuation prormtod your ooauwnloation, vo for1 It our dut7 inrlts pur attention to ~rtlolo 319, ~8~1 Code Of Texas, vhloh r8ad8 a8 iOiioVI8: legal
“Any OffiOSr, jailer, guard havine Oustod~ of a perDon aoou8od oonrlotod of a miod.- manor who rilrul prdtr Woh porronto AOap@ or b* fined not l xoa8dlng ona thou- to’ b8 resow6 Ah 8Md dOl&rA.’
Trusting thlr 8atl8faotoril7 anavora 7oar inquiry, we Tar7 truly 70-D ATTORIW OIENERAL OF TEXAS Robart L. Lattlaoro, Jr. ASSiStMt RLL:BP
