Weigel v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Action by Antone Brown against E. N. Weigel. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The laws of the state of Arkansas empower the county court of any county in that state to let the labor of persons convicted and sentenced to the county jail to a contractor on condition that he agrees to maintain, keep, and work them (sections 1080 et sec]., Kirby’s Digest 1904), and they authorize the contractor to whip any such prisoner with a strap 2 feet long and 3j4 inches wide, attached to a wooden handle, with 10 licks once in 24 hours for his refusal to work. Rule 3 of the Prison Board. The county court of Pulaski county made a contract of this nature with the…
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