Cooley v. Dixon

1. R. Cooley was convicted of a misdemeanor, in the city court of Savannah; and the following sentence was imposed: “Whereupon it is considered and ordered that the said defendant do pay a fine of $500.00 and costs, And be discharged on payment thereof; but if the said defendant fail .to pay the said fine and costs, it is ordered that.in lieu thereof he be, for the space of 6 months, imprisoned in the common jail of Chatham county, and be put to work and labor in the chaingang of Chatham county, for space of 12 months, the 12 months on chaingang to be probated.” Properly construed, the…