Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1942 )

OFFICE OF THE AlTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
doto nqumstllyl ths
0118 stmtod thoroln
8 this iii0 On4
not ho roul~ bo
Pin8 dsts ot April 24 19b2, tittsa
on, shsritt of Conohohntr, ~8ddrm8o.d
t tao 8tsto Cosrptrollor's Dopsrtmsn8,
ova aantioao4 nmtto?,nsds in par8 mm
lTo o rammbsr tII0 8888 oi 6. L. Coopmr rho
was trio6 by tho l’eds~s~sand &+mn8 eclotenom in
th e‘?o dsr s
P& e alt F 3 R o a oOklmh~s, wh8r8. h8 1 8
ssnln~
Il.0 1 that s~ptsnos, snd *mmml80
trlrd la
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~ono~sbh OOOPUO R. %wwfi, P*lr 2
this Coant and &tan 8 thrso mu son~oaosla
tho 9tsto Jon at Xuntn#llo. The To4orsl mthor-
ltlos harm notlrlsd us thgt Es dlI bs ?slssssd
thorssoonsnd would llkoto knowwhothoruo
wcald OOQS thermto? him Row hore 18 the point,
I want to knowif I real i got pm7for gel&g Chars
and dsllts?lng him to Huntsville, and what dlt
bo the ns80888?~ pPoooduPo.
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luohsrr aoasidorod the rsriousststotosprovibh``
r808 orsaapsn8stlonror shsrllis r 0rlonisos prrorwd by
them ss maoh’la sonnootioawith the shots ststsd ums$lons.
:'~o haro slso oonsldsrmtltho ststutos teposlag far fous dutls4
upoa shorliis. xowa~sP, lm h8?. fsllod to rind l str tu to
suthorltln~ o? l~posing the dirtl upon the sJm?lff“i a qussblo~
to go to 73 iieao, Oklsho~, sad retu?n the prlsom? to ?sbt
Rook, CoaohoCount or to Eultffllls, Bx4Y. Thowdron, 1t
would natursllJ io I’lore that than is no statute proridIng suy
for or omponsstlonfor suoh sr``loo. In sooord rith font?
oplnloas or this dspsrtnmnt,la any event, the State is not
luthorlud to wt the shorlrs any in8 or ocmpsnsstlonru
trnasportlng the p~lsom? rrom Paint iiook, Tour, or f?am
31 Hono,okl~ons, to the ztstr Frlson rystsm St Runtsllllo,
TOUS.
Title 14 (Artiolss 9974008, inoluslro~, Vsraon'4
Aanot8toa cous or Crlmi~l ?rooadrtro, 9~t8ins to tugitirss
from jwtlos, sxtrsdltloa, ots. In rlow ai tho *bow nib
tlowd ststutos, and the oesos of tx psrto Yorris, 101 8. U,
(2d) 259, oortlorsrl donlsd, 57 R.,Ct. 990, 301 VI & 700,
31 L. Ed. 13551 and Px part0 Oanoy, 112 3. 1. (WI 747, the
p~lsono~ In qaestlon, under thoholdlns.lnth e m 8lssossad
thr sbovs stntod rsots would k 8 ru 6ft1n rra ju8tiso@lab-
jsot to cxtPsdltloa. fn the .aventp?~sonoP wslvos sxtrsdl-
-tlon,the sheriff of ConohoComnt~ rorrld hsro no s~thorlt~
to m for meld prisom~ snd nttua hir to ConohoCOBB$~ or
to roorlrr any 001 nutlon for auoh ss~vloos. U Ohs prl8an-
or wslrss srtradlt r on, 8 Tsrm Rs%or mrr k seat for the
prlsomp with lustpurtlons to dslitorhim to the psnlt8atlsr~
at Huntsrlllo,Toxms.
If this prisoner ~sfuso~ to rrln lxtrsditloa fhs
Qot*rnor QOf, uponproper sppllostlan, issoo his rrqudtloa
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Xoaorsbls f3sorgs8. f%oppsrd, Psco )
for the roturn ot the p~lso~sr madoomlss~oa s sultsbls
psrson to take such ro~alsltlos. The prlmwr, “i S kou&ht
bsok to the !%str by sow ps~s4nwho has Moo ccml~slonod,
otbor thsn ths ,sho~i~f, tho ~lmaer shall bo dsllvorod 99
to the ShVPWfat the OOSlI8~ %h whloh it ir lllsgad ha tlS8
0mSiitt8d tho 0rm80, ‘Lhs Oots~no~ is dulf suthorlud to
001rlll188100ths shoPlti Of Conoho couaty to rstsPn the pPison-
lr la this osss6 (300 the lsso of Rrlghtarn t. 5hsppud, 59
3. T. (2d) l&2.)
&8;8i0 iw6, VSP~OA*S ha0t4t04 cod0 or crlmia81
PPoooduFs, proTldosr
“?ha of?ios~ o? other pors& so samlsslonsd
shsll rseelm as a&psamstlcmthi satusl end msos-
mu9 trsrolln~ lxponsiapomnqulsltlanof tho
donrno? to bs sllorrsd by suah COYOP~OP to k paid
Out Of th8 %StO mSSSPf up048 OOF~ifiOStO Of
fha Oovcrnor reoltingthe senlsos readoYod sad
the sllmrsno8thmfolr."
The B~l~tmsa 0880 ruprs, amow other thlqs holds
In lr r 0othat
t the ooQ~nmst~on Of UL o#lasP or 08hOF 9OF8On
somaissionsd bt the ‘~TUIIOP to FOtUm 8 fUgitiT0 fFOm saothsr
ststo is dotomlnsbls br tho Ooremkor, as s&mlnxt 8 llsln to
ststutorf mllorgo‘In @y to the stat0 linemid returning
trotasuoh point with thq fugitlro.
In risw otthe rongloing;, it la our opialon thst if
th0 p?iSORO? POfU8OS t0 Wsln lXtPSditlOB Sndth0 ShSPm Of
Coao&oOountr is oonmlssloaod br the 3o~srnor to rstum the
pr;son+r to this Nsto, the shorlff uoclld hero to rstmra tho
PFiSOnOP 00 ConmhoCounty, and ~187bo prld~ hii rota81 lod
~o sssu trsvollq lrpmarao mmprohlsd ?OF br Artiols 1006,
supn. f t is OUP fume? 09lnlor .tbrt th8 shorlft s&d not
k ooqwsstod r0r 8P%.n&a~ thm pPtsoruP f2oa El I1080,okls-
hem, to the Yom8 ?riaoa .Iy8tma at ~a8tsrillo.
IBlooo~s~o .wlth your ropuoat, mm srs nbrnlng
hopowiththe 8ttOOhSb iii0.
Trusting t&st tha torqoln~ Ii~llr aaawora you in-
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