Richardson v. Anderson

Opinion by

White, P. J.

§ 286. Garnishment; money, etc., in the hands of a sheriff taken by him from a-prisoner is not subject to. One Knox, who is one of the appellants in this case, was arrested by Richardson, another of the appellants, who was sheriff of Tarrant county, for carrying a pistol. According to the jail regulations in that county, Richardson, the sheriff, took from the possession of Knox, when he put him in jail, $930, and other sums of money, and certain warrants and checks, for safe-keeping during his incarceration. While the sheriff had said money and effects in his possession,…