Halfacre v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of a misdemeanor in the circuit court of Putnam county, and was fined one cent, and taxed with the costs of the cause. Thereupon he offered to secure such fine and costs, one of the attorneys of the court who was solvent, and good for the amount, expressing a willingness to become such surety, and. tendering himself with the plaintiff in error. The court declined to accept the attorney as surety, and, the plaintiff being unable to procure any one else, he was sentenced to the workhouse to work out the said fine and costs. Thereupon he appealed to this…