Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1941 )


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  •   OFFICE     OF THE   A’ITORNEY   GENERAL     OF TEXAS
    AUSTIN
    YQW letter       re
    reaue   iron   'bebb Oounty,
    diotaeat 1118 nbumed.
    of ~eilwn Gounty bsgian     its
    OA   the 9th  &onday er8W      the
    ry, 1941, rhfoh wan the 9th day
    ia a fair greaumptionthat a patit
    icr the rooadl uoek of thet oourt
    any oeaea OOS&IVJb&on It, ad ewh
    OA the 14th and l(l8hda8 Qf @%,
    we@ wbe to @B to 8,rialin the ame ot
    8&e 3tete    of Texan VI nix, but this awe WaS OOAtiAseb
    e&Adnot tried.
    *To Potit jury fees in oa~eGtato TE. Thornso
    a. Dix, na.   ai73 Qcwea rrop sobb Oouaty To dil00n
    ~UA&jWy              Was use4 Owe 48y0 In en effort                   to ge0
    . . . bl66.06 (&Ml14                  wid 16, 194l.k"
    *l%o woeunt is oertiilsd to as bei    oorrsot
    b   f. 0. Fxubklin, Qlerk ot the BioDrlst3 our0 of
    Wl8on      Qounty,     Texas,      under    date ot      kZay lOoh,     lS4-1
    eisd was also o*rtiiSeil as lmlqg *eorreH                         and fOacd
    be paid by Webb &panty to Wlso~ Oounty in osnneotfon
    with     the &oro      ease,”      br 3,    B. Cart,      DistrioB      Judg0,
    Blst Spdloial~Bistrfotof Tsxas.
    mXnasmoh as ArMale 1060, C. C. 0.. qwtsd
    above, refers Go the tx%al Jury snd not to tslamasn
    stamfmd r0r 4 week*8 jurg aervfao, I ttiaof t.hs
    oplnioa that Yebb County boss not owe tais bill and
    will so adrlso our wrwles1o~~re* oour8 beoauoa I
    do not    .oonsMw       t&o law      to    ruquire&ebb           Bsiuxti~ in
    thts lnstraoe Be pay far jurorsowmcmed for the
    week in Wilson 6oun%raad not ussd In the ttial of
    thfs oese.
    ". . .
    *IMawauh es tbn    are ~0 deoisioas of our
    hi&es 0ouzW uadsr these two artioles     and I am not
    aware o? any opinion thqreaonissued by your Oftlea,
    I submit it to Jou tapon8bs phiA    prsrisionsof the
    statutes ad reqtlest(LA opinion frost JOtW Ottleo as
    to w&sti~t     @ebb Gounty          is    llsblo   for    jury     service
    few under      the     peoulliar     o~reumstanuss         hero     pre8wCed.”
    Artioles     1050 and 1061, Code of Criminal Pmmtlure, reed
    as tollswsr
    "krtiule 1060. In all 8ases wheto iadlatmmti
    here besa prssmtsd 8gafmf parsons in one eountJ
    end auoh oatmas hare hour rwovsd by abang of TSAW
    to anathrr rounty, sod bried therein, tha oounty from
    uhloh sucrhasuso ls rssored shall be llsbk Par all
    expmses inaurrmd for pay for juror* 13 trylag suah
    oeuaes."
    HOA. Stirling T. Phslps, page s
    “Artiols 1061. 2hs oDunty oozumisuionsraof eeoh
    osaurtyet ssoh re@ufar meeting shall esosrhin whr
    find YOAW
    tRer,  rinse the lalt regular maoting, any parson has
    been tried  f&X’ Orins UQon a ahangs ot       iSOlDany
    other oounty. .Ifthey         such to be the oaas they
    shall me&s out sn aoaount against sueh aounty tram
    w&loR suoR~6ousewas rcllaored  showing the nuaibrrof
    days the Jury 4n 8uoh oar08 wea aaiployedSlmreiA,
    snd setting rorttbthe smount paid ior ruah jury ser-
    doe1 suoh ioastmt.shall %hoA be aertiiied to as
    oerreet by the oounty judge of suoh ocruptp,uPder his
    hand an8 seal, and bo, by Bir, forwarded to the oounty
    jodge of the oounty iroa whioh the ssld oauss.was rc
    movelljrhioh aooouot'shallbe paid in the same war
    as aooeunts for the safe koepfng of piso~ezw.~
    Considoxing hrtieles 1066 and 1661, supra, it ir epparaAt
    that the expeasa hourrod tar pay for juroro in trying such
    oases Be mentioned in said stetutw  is   not dus aAd payebls
    until the oaee of Oases are aaWaUy     tried. Under tha fasta
    ateted in your letter, the ease has not been trisd. Thetifore,
    it ia~our opinion that ths olsbr. raoentsdby ail-n Gaudy
    is premature aAd esnAot AAW be paf d by ilsbbOouaty. It and
    when thu easa lo eotuauy tried ia ~ilaon Cowty end a olaiin
    Is prmsentsd by Wilson County to ,&ebbCouuty, H will then
    bo gl8d to oo~ider  any further roquest oonuer&i$ the ssme
    tht you ary desire to prsswt.
    TrusCiw    that the foregoily fully koswsrs your inquiry,
    w* are
    Yours very truly
    FIRST
    ATTORN--                            Al-dellwi.l1isms
    asraietant
    

Document Info

Docket Number: O-3575

Judges: Gerald Mann

Filed Date: 7/2/1941

Precedential Status: Precedential

Modified Date: 2/18/2017