Ward v. White

STAYTON, Chief Justice.

The question submitted for decision is, “ Can one who is imprisoned under a conviction on a charge of seduction, which is a felony, and whose punishment is assessed at a pecuniary fine, be hired out for the purpose of collecting the fine, as is provided under the articles of Revised Statutes above cited (Revised Statutes, article 3603, et seq.), where the offense is a misdemeanor ?”

The statute provides, that 1 ‘Any person who may be convicted of a misdemeanor or petty offense, and who shall be committed to jail in default of the payment of the fine and costs adjudged…