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Penalty for cruelty to prisoners

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OK Code › Title 57 › Section 57-9

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If any officer or other person treat any prisoner in a cruel or

inhuman manner he shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One

Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail

not exceeding twelve (12) months, or by both such fine and

imprisonment.

R.L. 1910, § 4613.

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