Guin v. City of Tuscaloosa

It affirmatively appears from the judgment entry in the circuit court, from which judgment this appeal is taken, that, upon the failure of appellant to pay the’ fine assessed against him, and the costs incident to the trial, the* court sentenced him to perform hard labor for the city of Tuscaloosa, for a period of 187 days, at the rate of 40 cent per day, to pay the fine of $75, as provided by the ordinance of said city, and for 87 days’ additional to satisfy the costs due said city.

No ordinance of the city of Tuscaloosa, authorizing the imposition of hard labor to satisfy the fine and costs…