11-43-53
Section 11-43-53 Aldermen not to hold other municipal offices or have interest, etc., in municipal
contracts, etc.; penalty. (a) No member of any city or town council shall, during the time
for which he has been elected, be appointed to any municipal office which shall be created
or the emoluments of which shall be increased during the term for which he shall have been
elected; nor shall he be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or job for work
or material, or the profits thereof or services to be performed for the corporation, except
as provided in this title. (b) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than
$50.00 nor more than $1,000.00, and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for
not more than six months. (Code 1907, §1193; Acts 1909, No. 200, p. 197; Code 1923, §§1909,
5084; Code 1940, T. 37, §§431, 432.)...
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13A-7-60
Section 13A-7-60 Unlawfully taking possession of or going back into possession of real estate
after dispossession under legal process. Any person having no title or bona fide claim of
title thereto or right of possession, who enters upon any land, and on demand of the owner
or person entitled to the possession thereof, refuses to surrender such possession, or any
person or his privy, who, having been dispossessed of any real estate by an officer under
legal process from any court having jurisdiction of the subject matter; or any person or his
privy, who voluntarily surrenders possession of the lands as a result of a judgment of a court
of competent jurisdiction and goes back into the possession of such real estate by force or
otherwise; or who, having regained possession of such real estate, holds the same by force
or threats without having been restored to the possession of such real estate by an order
of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall, on conviction, be fined not less than...
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15-18-1
Section 15-18-1 Legal punishments; sentencing; liability of Department of Corrections for costs.
(a) The only legal punishments, besides removal from office and disqualification to hold office,
are fines, hard labor for the county, imprisonment in the county jail, imprisonment in the
penitentiary, which includes hard labor for the state, and death. (b) In all cases in which
the period of imprisonment in the penitentiary or hard labor for the county is more than three
years, the judge shall sentence the party to imprisonment in the penitentiary. In all cases
of conviction for felonies in which imprisonment or hard labor is for more than 12 months
and not more than three years, the judge may sentence the party to imprisonment in the penitentiary,
confinement in the county jail, or to hard labor for the county, at his or her discretion,
any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. In all cases in which the imprisonment
or sentence to hard labor is 12 months or less, the...
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28-3-20
Section 28-3-20 Penalties for violations of provisions of chapter or rules and regulations
of boards generally. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter for which
a penalty is not provided or any rule or regulation promulgated in conformity with this chapter
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $500.00
for each offense and, in addition, may be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not to
exceed six months. (Acts 1936-37, Ex. Sess., No. 66, p. 40; Code 1940, T. 29, §44.)...
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34-3-25
Section 34-3-25 Encouraging litigation; champerty - Receiving compensation from attorney. Any
person who shall, before or after an action is brought, receive or agree to receive from any
attorney-at-law, firm or partnership of attorneys compensation for services in seeking out,
procuring or placing in the hands of an attorney, firm or partnership of attorneys a demand
of any kind for an action or compromise shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction,
shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $1,000 and, in addition, may be punished by imprisonment
in the county jail or by hard labor for the county for a term not exceeding six months, at
the discretion of the court trying the case. (Code 1907, §6313; Code 1923, §3309; Code 1940,
T. 46, §54.)...
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34-6-13
Section 34-6-13 Permitting gambling device in billiard room; penalty. Any licensee under this
article, who knows, or is interested in, or knowingly permits any gambling device mentioned
in Section 34-6-12, now prohibited by law, in any billiard room, or who knowingly permits
any billiard table to be used for gambling shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction
thereof, shall for a first offense be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500 or may be
sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than 12 months and, on a second conviction,
shall be guilty of a felony and shall be fined not less than $100 and sentenced to the penitentiary
for not less than one and not more than two years. (Acts 1923, No. 230, p. 224, §17; Code
1923, §4272; Code 1940, T. 14, §254.)...
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40-12-18
Section 40-12-18 Penalty on agents of persons, firms, etc., who have not paid tax. Any person
who acts as agent for any person, firm, or corporation liable for the payment of a license
or privilege tax, without said license or privilege tax having been paid, shall on conviction
be fined in a sum equal to the state and county license, and not more than $100 in addition
thereto, and may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for not more than six months.
(Acts 1935, No. 194, p. 256; Code 1940, T. 51, §843.)...
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45-27-60.09
Section 45-27-60.09 Persons in county having knowledge of certain deaths. Any person in the
county having knowledge concerning a death occurring under the categories defined in Section
45-27-60.04 shall promptly report the death to the County Medical Examiner of Escambia County
or to any law enforcement agency that in turn shall promptly report the death to the County
Medical Examiner of Escambia County. Each death reportable to the county medical examiner
shall be reported whether the cause is known or suspected, primary or contributory, or recent,
delayed, or remote. No one shall disturb or remove the body or human remains until authorized
by the county medical examiner except for the purpose of preserving the body or remains from
loss or destruction. Except as otherwise provided by law, any person who knowingly fails to
make the report or withholds related medical or other evidence, or willfully alters the body
or related evidence without authority of the county medical examiner...
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9-11-241
Section 9-11-241 Hunting, trapping, etc., of wild game during day on lands of another without
permission. Any person who hunts, traps, captures, injures, kills, or destroys, or attempts
to hunt, trap, capture, injure, kill, or destroy any wild game on the lands of another between
the hours of daylight and sunset without the written permission of or accompanied by the landowner
or person in possession or control of the lands shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction, shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not less than one thousand
dollars ($1,000), and at the discretion of the court may have all hunting license privileges
revoked for up to one year from the date of conviction. Any person shall be punished for the
second and each subsequent offense by a fine of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000)
and the revocation of all hunting license privileges for one year from the date of conviction,
and shall be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not less...
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12-16-82
Section 12-16-82 Effect of failure of person summoned as juror to obey summons. If any person
summoned as a grand or petit juror shall fail to obey such summons without good excuse, to
be determined by the court, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a contempt of court; and,
if no sufficient excuse is rendered for him or her at the time of his or her default, an order
shall be entered for him or her to show cause why he or she shall not be adjudged guilty of
contempt and punished accordingly; and, if he or she shall fail at the next session after
the service of such notice to render such excuse, he or she shall be fined by the court not
more than three hundred dollars ($300) and may be imprisoned in the county jail for not more
than 10 days. In courts holding sessions longer than 30 days, the order shall be made returnable
20 days after it issues, and the person in default shall have 10 days after service in which
to appear and render his or her excuse. (Code 1896, §5046; Code 1907,...
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