HARD LABOR
\hˈɑːd lˈe͡ɪbə], \hˈɑːd lˈeɪbə], \h_ˈɑː_d l_ˈeɪ_b_ə]\
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A punishment, additional to mere imprisonment, sometimes imposedupon convicts sentenced to a penitentiary. But the labor is not, as a rule, any harderthan ordinary mechanical labor. Brown v. State, 74 Ala. 4S3.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Punishment. In those states where the penitentiary system has been adopted, convicts who are to be imprisoned, as part of their punishment, are sentenced to perform hard labor. This labor is not greater than many freemen perform voluntarily, and the quantity required to be performed is not at all unreasonable. In the penitentiaries of Pennsylvania it consists in being employed in weaving, shoemaking, and such like employments.
By John Bouvier
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