City of St. Louis ex rel. Duff v. Karr
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Son. Franklin Ferris, Judge. (1) The city of St. Louis is authorized to acquire and maintain a workhouse. Charter, art. 1, sec. 1; art. 3, sec. 26, clause 3. (2) And to confine therein violators of the city ordinances who may fail or refuse to pay the fines or penalties imposed against them or a breach of such ordinances.
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Appeal from the St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Son. Franklin Ferris, Judge. (1) The city of St. Louis is authorized to acquire and maintain a workhouse. Charter, art. 1, sec. 1; art. 3, sec. 26, clause 3. (2) And to confine therein violators of the city ordinances who may fail or refuse to pay the fines or penalties imposed against them or a breach of such ordinances. Art. 3, sec. 26, clause 10. (3) The uower thus expressly 'conferred upSon the city to ^imprison offenders against its laws, carries with it, as an implied incident, everything necessary to make that power effectual; in this…
1Opinion of the CourtBland, P. J.
— Respondent brought her action against Nicholas Karr, formerly superintendent of the workhouse of the city of St. Louis, and his sureties on his official bond, to recover damages for false imprisonment in the workhouse.
On June 8, 1898, respondent was convicted of the violation of a city ordinance of the city of St. Louis and her punishment was assessed by the police court at a fine of $100 In default of payment of the fine she was committed by the court to the workhouse, where she was retained by Karr, the superintendent of the workhouse, for more than six months, and until she was released…
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