Lay v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

In the County Court there was a motion made to retax the costs in this case. The evidence shows tha,t the costs accrued in favor of the officer who made the arrest and appeared as a witness in this and another case. Both parties pleaded guilty, and the officer was not used as a witness, though summoned. He claimed that he had charged his fees as a witness in each case for one day^s attendance, which was $1.50 in each case, if legal. Appellant insists that inasmuch as the officer was a salaried policeman that he was not entitled to charge witness fees, and refers us…