State v. . Revis

Stacy, C. J.,

after stating the ease: The immediate question presented is whether the Legislature has the power to authorize the whipping of convicts as a necessary means of discipline in the management of able-bodied men convicted of crime and assigned to work on the public roads of Buncombe County. In its ultimate effect, the case involves the power of the Legislature to deal, in a similar manner, with the management of incorrigible and unruly convicts throughout the State. The constitutionality of sections 8 and 9 of chapter 328, Public-Local Laws 1923, is the only point raised by the…