Ex parte Godfrey

Citations

• 11 Tex. Ct. App. 34

Syllabus

<p>Mtsdembanob Convicts.— Article 816 of the Code of Procedure enables a misdemeanor convict, by mailing the prescribed affidavit of insolvency, to obtain his discharge from imprisonment by working out the fine and costs adjudged against him; but a misdemeanor convict who is also detained in prison on a charge of felony cannot, by complying with the provisions of article 816, be set at liberty. The county authorities have no power to hire out a misdemeanor convict who is also in custody on an accusation of felony.</p>