Ogletree v. Dozier

Jacicon, Judge.

Oliver Moore was sentenced by the county court of Quit man county “ to work on the chain-gang in this county, or *801elsewhere, as the proper authorities may direct, for four months from date of this sentence, and, when not so at worlc, to be confined in the common jail, from which he may be released at any time upon payment of twenty dollars fine and the costs of this prosecution.” The county commissioners hired him to Ogletree to work on his plantation, or elsewhere, at Ogletree’s pleasure. Ogletree demanded Moore from the sheriff, and that officer refused to give Mm up to…