Ex parte Duckett

Citations

• 15 S.C. 210
• 1881 S.C. LEXIS 70

Syllabus

<p>1. A prisoner was sentenced to imprisonment “in the state penitentiary at hard labor, for the term of two years from this date, February 27th, 1879;” but, by reason of his appeal, was not transferred from the county jail to the penitentiary until July 31st. Eeld, that the time for the commencement of the punishment was not of the essence of the sentence, and that the prisoner’s term in the penitentiary was for two years from July 31st, 1879.</p> <p>2. By the terms of this sentence, interpreted in the light of the laws then in force, this convict might be hired out, by the directors of the penitentiary to. work on a railroad.</p>