Tennessee Statutes
§ 40-23-105 — Felons sentenced to jail compelled to hard labor
Tennessee § 40-23-105
JurisdictionTennessee
Title40
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 40-23-105 (2026).
Text
All persons convicted of a felony, whose imprisonment has been by the jury commuted to imprisonment in the county jail, shall be compelled to work out the term of imprisonment at hard labor in the county workhouse in the county where convicted.
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Legislative History
Acts 1881, ch. 105, § 1; Shan., § 7207; Code 1932, § 11792; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3106.
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Bluebook (online)
Tennessee § 40-23-105, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/40-23-105.