In re Burrow

The petitioner, A. V. Burrow, was convicted of a misdemeanor before a justice of the peace of Craighead county, and, having failed to pay the fine and costs adjudged against him, he was commited to the jail of that county, pursuant to a provision of the criminal code. Mansf. Dig., sec. 2318. Thereafter an order was made by the Craighead county court, under sections 1226 and 1227' of the Digest, directing that the county prisoners be hired out, and directing the publication of an advertisement for proposals to keep and work them. In the same court an order was subsequently entered, reciting…