HB 155, 43rd 1st C.S.
Relating to providing that a defendant placed in jail on account of failure to pay the fine and costs can be discharged on habeas corpus by showing that he is too poor to pay the fine and costs, and that he has remained in jail a sufficient length of time to satisfy the fine and costs.
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