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*1 Honorable Qsorgs B. Sheppard - Page 2 Is this oase, Is the witness entitled to stats.
mileage from the plaos he lives In the other state to the oourt, or 18 he antitled to the mileago traveled from Texas state line to the aourt?
“2. The w1tne.88 has not b33n subpoenaed in Texas but has voluntarily aoaepted ssrrlae of sub- !r;txi; the other state and travels to the oourt . Is euoh witness entitled to tileage
Warn ths plaos he travels in ths other state to the oourt, or Is he entitled to mileage f'ron the Texas state line to the oourt?W House Bill Bo. 214, Aote of the Forty-seventh Legislature, RsgHlar SeasIon, 1941, Is an act mending Ar- tlole 1036, Title 15, Chapter 2 oi ths Cods or Criminal Prooedure oi 1925, as cuuendsd by Chapter 75, page 113, dots of the Regular Session or the Fortieth Legislature, and by Chapter 143, p-s 239, of the Aota of the Regular Ses- sion or the Farty-skcth Lsglslature, protldJss for the payment of witness fess the State of Texas, and desoribes prooedurs to bs tollowsd In the paymsnt thereof and deolaring an eaergenoy.
Said Eouse Bill Xo. 2l4, supra, reads in part as r0uow8:
WArtlole 1036.
m(1). Any witness who aay.hars been sub- poenaed, or shall hare been recognized or at- taohed and given bond for his 6ppearanos before any Court, before any grand out of jury, 00unty.or his residenos, a r0ioly tmiry case regardless or disposltlon of said 08~8, and who appears In oonpllanoe ~1% the obligations of such reoognlzanae bond, shall be allowsd Three (3) Uents per mI1e going to and returnIns rrom the Court or grand jury, br the nearest eonvsyanoe, end Two Dollars (82) P= praotidal day for eaoh day ha may neosssarily be absent front hams as a wItinert in atloh case?
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yPrxotidsd, eny witness who may he+* tneu eubpcroaasd, or 81:isU. have boea raaegnlssd or st- tached (IA +;fvtn tanC for his agpesranss before my Ccurt, out 0r county or his raoibanoe, t.0 tsrttliy in a telwj @ass, and wbo rppesrs in oaaplianae with ssld dubposm or nit& t&e oblt- gotlone cd SW& mooppira~os OY bond, uu.l the aaee la whlah hr is a w l~tnem lo meat ior II lacer day in the saz4 term or Court, not sro~d- ing ~GUT (41 doy8, 8h8u sot b3 psia 45img0 for any edblrlonal trip ta ar trtw Cwrt he may 8&a by ~sason af the rssstsing Or said uass, Woea ~ra$esion firs% had rad obtslasd frua ju8gs to sdre said trip, but shsll bs the t&al SfitltlSd. reoeire hts per Eiw iQr t&8 l ddb tloaal day8 hs may be in rtta4anee umn Ctmrt by wwm OS thrr ruestt~ bf the cats@.
HonQrable t?eorge B. Sheppard, Page 5
wh0 red68 iB Other OlXUtiO6, and they EaP be atta6hed If they rail to attend; (ThOFtiOr v. State, 34 S. x. 26b; r6- versed on other grounds 35 S. W. 961; Code or CrlmInel Pro- aedura, Artloles 475-l&~).
It I6 stated in Teue Jurleprud6noe In a foot- note on page 946 or ~ohum 44, 'tie uniro~ aot to eeeure the attendanoa or rltaeseas tram rlthout tha etato In orlm- lnlil OaS88 ha6 not a6 yet been adopted In Texas."
In orIwIns.l 6ases no one 16 ontltlad to witneee fese uuk466 ha he8 been eubpoenaed, attaohed or reoognh6d a6 8 witness. (Artiole 1080, Code or Criraiaal Proaedura; stowart v. state, 44 s. w. SW). As ahore Utatad, a aourt oaanot sompol the at- or 8 witnese who 16 out the &ate and a crab- teBdaBar
pOWi ISSUed t0 6 ritn866 Who IS Out Of 6htl Stat6 I8 Oi 60 r0me Or erred b6aaue6 the aaurt subpowm is6~hg ha6 no jurlediotion outside the State and the Witness ae~a- ad be attaahad m60Ogniz0d IU euah aa666. Thu~rore , Art1616 1036, Cod6 or Crimiaal Pmxedura, aI.lowIa& wlt- area r.948 and mIleage can only apply In t&l6 State.
5% thiah that It IS OlSU that It IS otiy wh6B 'a Witse68 appear8 in abedI t0 au SUthOrIXed eubpcwua
6hat ha 18 6zktltlad to per dlea and mIleage as prwldad by Were a titQOli8 ha6 neldmd in T6X66 ArtSala 1036, eupra. and was properly eubpaesmed in thle State, In a falany oaea. but before aatually attaudl6g oourt ha6 aatually and in gooil faith aored Into another 6ts86, aald dtatma la obadleads to the eubpoeua woald ba entitled to tileage going to and returning fraua tha court or grand jurr, to and trcta State line trtavellng nearest praatlaal route. aud his per dlew for Uaah day he may Iie6686a?.&fQtt-8 0-t. aaah day neesesary travaling to and rrom the State line.
With refsrenoe to pour 66ooad question, it xi11 ba noted that the r*itnaUS he6 not beon subgoeuacrd in TuS66 but haa voluntarily eooeptad 86rvlae ai subpoena In armthher stats and travel.6 to the 6oact in thl6 State. It i6 Cl& that the witnaae aust~ be eabpaaaaed In th;ts state opinion In 6or6plianc6 with Article 1036, supra, befoPs h6 ia en- titled to hls mIleage and per diem. a6 6 witnaas 6ndar said *5 Honorable George E. Sheppard, Page 6 The statute does not authorize a witness who is
statute. out of the state to voluntarily aooapt aamios of subpoena in another state. A witness attending oourt under the olr- ourstances faota set forth In your aeoond question would not be entitled to his mileage or per dism.