Ward v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Prom the Circuit Court of Bibb. Tried before the Hon. James B. Dowdell. This was a prosecution for a failure to work on the public roads, without legal excuse, after having been duly notified; was commenced in the County Court, and removed by appeal into the Circuit Court. • On the evidence adduced, which was without conflict, the court charged the jury that, if they believed the evidence, they must find the defendant guilty; to which charge he duly excepted.
1Opinion of the CourtClopton, J.
At the time defendant was notified to work on the public road, he was under contract to perform service for one Hall, who had become his surety on a confession of judgment for the fine and costs, imposed on his conviction for a misdemeanor in the Circuit Court. The contract was approved in writing by the judge of the court in which the conviction was had, and was recorded in the office of the judge of probate; and defendant was performing the service, which he had agreed to do under the contract.
Section 3832 of the Code, 1886, declares: “Any defendant on whom a fine is imposed on conviction…
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