Commonwealth v. Mitchell

This is an indictment against appellee, as jailer of Daviess county, for failing to keep the jail clean and in a condition to promote the health and comfort of prisoners *40who might be confined therein from time to time; and a d'emurrer having been sustained to the indictment, the ■Commonwealth has appealed.

Whether or not the offense charged in the indictment is punishable at common law, we need not discuss, since the Legislature has provided an effectual remedy for such dereliction of duty in the jailer, which is so complete in itself that it must be regarded as the only mode for the…