Cox v. Brown

McCALEB, Justice.

On May 7, 1946, R. L. Cox pleaded guilty in the Second Judicial District Court for the Parish of Claiborne to an information charging him with keeping intoxicating liquors for sale and was sentenced to a term of three months in the parish jail, which he began to serve on June 7. On June 15, he was released from jail to spend the week-end at home in accordance with a custom prevailing in Claiborne Parish by which prisoners working on public roads during the week are allowed to spend Saturday afternoon and Sunday a't their homes and return to the jail on Monday morning. On the…