Show UNDER the Mexican law a creditor can have a debtor arrested on the day when the debt falls due The prisoner is chained to a post five days guarded by an officer At the end of that time if the money is not forthcoming the mans labor is sold to the government for 40 cents a day for as many days as will be necessary to discharge the obligation The miserable debtor is sent to the silver mines where he is chained to a gang of felons and compelled to work underground under-ground He sleeps underground and never sees daylight again until he is restored re-stored to freedom |