In all cases where a person is by law liable to be imprisoned in the county jail for safekeeping or punishment, confinement in the workhouse, if one is provided, may, in the discretion of the court, be substituted.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 41-2-113
Sentence to workhouse in lieu of jail
Code 1858, § 5413; Shan., § 7393; Code 1932, § 12006; impl. am
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