Duncan v. West

Appellants are the keepers of the county convict farm of Lonoke County, under assignment of a contract made between their assignors and the county for the working of convicts of the county. Appellee was convicted of misdemeanor in three cases on pleas of guilty, and, on failure to pay the fines and costs, was duly committed to the custody of the contractors, to work out the amounts for which he was liable. He instituted proceedings before the circuit court of Lonoke County on habeas corpus to test the legality of his confinement, after he had remained in the custody of the contractors for a…