Allgood v. State Ex Rel. Wilson

A correct statement of the issues involved in this appeal is to be found in the brief of the Attorney General on behalf of appellant, which we here adopt:

"Newt Wilson, the petitioner, was convicted of a felony and sentenced to a term of service in the penitentiary. He appealed and elected not to have his sentence suspended during the pending of his appeal. His case was reversed and remanded, whereupon he demanded that the state pay him the gross amount paid by the contractor to the state for his labor without any deduction therefrom by the state for the expense to which the state was put for…