Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1939 )

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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS
AUSTIN
Hoi?.E.A. HOdip6
county wcu.ter
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W.lrtS, plaYW8 or recorder8 Of an iEOOS;jOl=at88
city or tmrt), stall extend to any part 0r the
State and any pa08 otiioer to Who18 said war-
rant i8 directed, or into WOOS8 hands the aa``
has b?sn transferred, shall be authorizsd to
8XeOUte th8 BEG8 i.Ilally OWZlty in tii8 StGt8."
It is al8ar, tharorore, that a aonstable baing
a *pea08 otrioer’ a8 that tcna18 a8iiDed fn mlo3.8
36, C.C.P., 0ap 8X8oute a warrantof arrest in any ooun-
ty in Taxas. It Wa8 h8lO in th8 8B88 R8XlSOnYE. State,
49 S&f. (2d) 463 that Artiole 223, supra, does not ex-
t8Ild th8 right Of a pea08 OffiO8r t0 Xi&C8 a ar8St Wt-
side of his auunty in the absaaoe oi a warlgnt, and that
an arrest nade without a warrant 18 void.
It is, therefors, the oplnlcna of'thie depart-
me+&, and you are so advised, that a aonstable haa the
lddlckity to 6X8OUt8 a W~rilllt Of alTG3St UOt O&lb in
,$mw,y preolnat within us oounty, but as well in any
county In the state, and la antitled to the rear urd
tileage provided by law thereior.
ATTORNEY GFJ.UmAL OB TEXAS