951.16 Prisoners entitled to receive credit on fine based on imprisonment.
951.16 Prisoners entitled to receive credit on fine based on imprisonment.
Every person who may be imprisoned in the county jail for failure to pay a fine and costs, or either, under sentence imposed upon conviction for crime shall be entitled to receive, together with subsistence, a credit on such fine and costs, or either, as the case may be, in proportion to the time such person may be imprisoned.
History. s. 1, ch. 6176, 1911; RGS 6223; CGL 8557.