Fines adjudged by general sessions judges

Fines and forfeitures arising in pursuance of the judgment of any judge of the court of general sessions, on any penal statute, shall belong to the county. Code 1858, § 487 (deriv. Acts 1815, ch. 131, § 1); Shan., § 647; Code 1932, § 1038; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-805. Fines and forfeitures arising in pursuance of the judgment of any judge of the court of general sessions, on any penal statute, shall belong to the county. Code 1858, § 487 (deriv. Acts 1815, ch. 131, § 1); Shan., § 647; Code 1932, § 1038; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-805.