It is the duty of the judges of the circuit or criminal courts, whenever prisoners are convicted of any offense for which they are confined in the workhouse, to sentence the prisoners to the workhouse of the county, portable, movable or stationary, as may be provided and established in the county.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-103
Sentence to county workhouse
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Anderson (1999)
Most recently applied in State v. Anderson (July 1999)
Acts 1907, ch. 445, § 3; Shan., § 7399a3; Code 1932, § 12011; T.C.A
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