Rutherford v. Blankenship

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• “[T]he power to banish, if it exists at all, is a power vested in the Legislature and certainly where such methods of punishment are not authorized by statute, it is impliedly prohibited by public policy”
• sentence severable where valid part, penitentiary time, is distinct from invalid part, fine

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