Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-09
RIGHTS OF CONNECTS.
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not supplied by the defendant. ar his employees, with sufficient food and nourlshment enough to enable him to do such work: or if he was require q ln cold weather to go without shoes whereby his feet were frozen; or if you find that at night he was keps in cold places with insufficient covering. l exposed to the chilly blasts of tho winter winds, exposed to rain and sleet; then the plaintiff is entitled 70 recover damages from the defendant by reason of these facts.
 As to putting on him convict < stripes, that being unlawful the plaintiff is entitled to recover iron.
 the defendant such damages as you think would be reasonable to compenz
 sate him for the indignity. humilia ton and mental suffering caused h;.,, thereby. As to what amount should
 be awarded is a mater which the law
 must necessarily leave to the goea sound judgment of the jury. taking
 into consideration the condition of tlle plaintiff the kind of a man he is, his character and standing in the cam munity, for you can readily under. stand that an indiginty of that kind may cause great deal more suffer- | ing to a man of refinement and high
 character and good standing in T
 community than to person of no re finement. no character and no stanl= ing ill the community. These are
 matters that you should consider in fixing the damages to which the plain
 tiff is entitled or that
 If you find that the plaintiff by req son of being forced to go bafefoetea
 or wear such shoes as were no proten- tion to him during the cold weather
 while he was in custody of the de fendant and by him and his employees
 required to work in the cold. his feet
 were froZen,. then. gentlemen of the
 jury. the plaintiff is entitled to such damages as you think would be a suit. able compensation to him for the pain he has suffered, physical as well as mental. and for what might affect him in his earning capacity hereafter
 Now. as to his treatment. If EGG find that he was inhumanely treated:
 if you find that he was not furnished with such food as humanity would 3=e
 quire should be furnished to a man such as he was and required to work as he was. OF that he was not kept
 warm and as comfortable as the laws of humanity in cases of this kind tle- mand or that he was exposed at night without sufficient covering. eX- posed to the winds and sleet on ac- count of open places in the place where he was required to sleep: then the plaintiff would be entitled to re- cover as damages full compensation for all the sufferings he has under gone physical as we'll as mental. And if you further find that this was done continuously and habitually by the defendant or his agent and employees, and also that they inflicted punish ment without sufficient cause. punish ment severe upon his naked body and excessive and in an inhumane man. ner then the plaintiff is entitled not only to recover the actual damages suffered by him for his physical and mental pain. but also exemplary dam ages, or smart money. for which puf pose you may take into consideration the evidence that has been agreed upon that the defendant is man of large means and wealth, so that the damages imposed on him, if you find this issue for the plaintiff and the de fendant's action wer walton, should be lessson to him and e;hers that the law will not tolerate such inhu. mane or barbarous tratment