Section 14-11-2 Illegal detention, imprisonment or working of convict after termination of sentence. - Alabama Statutes

Section 14-11-2

Illegal detention, imprisonment or working of convict after termination of sentence.

Any person who willfully detains, imprisons or works any convict, state or county, after the termination of the sentence of such convict must, on conviction, be fined, not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000.00, and shall also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than 12 months; and one half of the fine, when paid, or, when the fine is not paid, one half of the amount received from such hard labor shall go to the convict so illegally detained or imprisoned.

(Code 1886, §3981; Code 1896, §4548; Code 1907, §6610; Code 1923, §3713; Code 1940, T. 45, §108.)