R. S. 1897, Sec. 4728.

R. S. 1909, C. 36, Sec. 1149.
R. S. 1904, Sec. 975.

R. S. 1904, Art. 27, Sec. 335.
R. S. 1902, C. 207, Sec. 2.
R. S. 1908, C. 29, Sec. 1512.
R. S. 1909, Sec. 4450.

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R. S. 1907, P. 1, Title 8, C. 1, Sec. 8293.
R. S. 1911, P. 1, C. 1, Secs. 2050-2052.

R. S. 1912, Sec. 6386.

R. S. 1901, C. 255, Sec. 6.

R. S. 1910, Page 1781, Sec. 108.

R. S. 1897, C. 2, Sec. 1066.

Penal Law, 1909, C. 4, Sec. 1044.

R. S. 1908, C. 81, Sec. 3631.

R. S. 1905, C. 18, Sec. 8799.

R. S. 1910, Part 4, Title 1, C. 3, Sec. 12400.

R. S. 1903, C. 25, Art. 17, Sec. 2174.

R. S. 1910, Title 19, C. 2, Sec. 1903.

R. S. 1903, Page 3486, Sec. 9.

R. S. 1902, Criminal Code, C. 10, Sec. 136.
R. S. 1910, C. 17, Sec. 253.

R. S. 1896, P. 4, C. 2, Sec. 6442.

R. S. 1895, Title 9. C. 4, Sec. 861.
R. S. 1907, C. 14, Sec. 4162.

R. S. 1906, Title 12, C. 114, Sec. 2366.
R. S. 1904, Title 52, C. 180, Sec. 3663.
R. S. 1910, Title 14, C. 5, Sec. 2392.
R. S. 1906, C. 152, Sec. 4454-
R. S. 1910, C. 385, Sec. 5789.

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III

HOW MAY HE BE PUNISHED?

Punishment prescribed by the court, should it exceed the statutory provision, or the common acceptation of just penalty, may be declared void and the servitude terminated."

ALABAMA

ARIZONA

ARKANSAS

COLORADO

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

IDAHO
ILLINOIS
INDIANA

IOWA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MAINE

MARYLAND

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

MONTANA

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

Cruel and Unusual Punishments are Prohibited in:

MASSACHUSETTS

R. S. 1907, Sec. 6543.
Const. 1910, Art. 2, Sec. 15.
Const. 1874, Art. 2, Sec. 9.
Const. 1876, Art. 2, Sec. 20.
Const. 1885, D. of R., Sec. 8.
R. S. 1906, Art. 6, Sec. 4139.
Const. 1877, Art. 1, Par. 9.
Const. 1889, Art. 1, Sec. 6.
R. S. 1909, C. 108, Sec. 37.
Const. 1851, Art. 1, Sec. 16.
R. S. 1908, C. 124, Sec. 9864.
Const. 1857, Art. 1, Sec. 17.
Const. 1859, B. of R., Sec. 9.
R. S. 1909, C. 108, Sec. 8583.
Const. 1890, B. of R., Sec. 17.
Rev. 1909, C. 97, Sec. 3797.
Const. 1898, Art. 12.
Const. 1819, Art. 1, Sec. 9.
Const. 1867, D. of R., Art. 25.

Const. 1780, P. 1, Art. 26.
Const. 1850, Art. 6, Sec. 31.
Const. 1857, Art. 1, Sec. 5.
Const. 1890, Art. 3, Sec. 28.
Const. 1875, Art. 2, Sec. 25.
Const. 1889, Art. 3, Sec. 20.
Const. 1875, Art. 1, Sec. 9.
Const. 1910, Art. 1, Sec.
R. S. 1912, Art. 8, Sec. 178.
Const. 1910, Art. 2, Sec. 13.
Const. 1897, Art. 1, Sec. 15.
Const. 1894, Art. 1, Sec. 5.
Const. 1876, Art. 1, Sec. 14.
Const. 1889, Art. 1, Sec. 6.
Const. 1851, Art. 1, Sec. 9.
Const. 1907, Art. 2, Sec. 9.
Const. 1857, Art. 1, Sec. 16.
Const. 1873, Art. 1, Sec. 13.
Const. 1842, Art. 1, Sec. 8.

NEW MEXICO

NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO

OKLAHOMAА

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE

Const. 1895, Art. 1, Sec. 19.

Const. 1889, Art. 6, Sec. 23.

Const. 1870, Art. 1, Sec. 16.

1 Robinson v. Miner, 68 Mich., 549.

2 State v. Driver, 78 N. Car., 423. State v. Miller, 75 N. Car., 73.

3 Amer. and English Ency. of Law, 2d edit., vol VIII, pp. 436-440.

The sentence of the court whether expressly provided or not is understood to be a sentence to hard labor.

TENNESSEE

Punishment Exceeding Hard Labor is Prohibited in:
Workhouse prisoners.

R. S. 1896, Title 7, Art. 4, Sec. 7391.

Punishment other than hard labor is often permitted, defined and prescribed by law. Indeed, hard labor, under reasonable restrictions as required in most prisons, is healthful for mind and body and, in the judgment of prisoners is a veritable boon, compared with enforced idleness. For disciplinary purposes, therefore, other forms of punishment have been instituted by prison authorities and oftentimes are of a character that amounts to torture. Hence, it has become necessary to define by statute the parts of such punishment as may amount to torture and to define definitely those that are permitted and those that are prohibited. The following special forms of punishment are regulated in the several states as follows: