Ark. Code Ann. § 16-112-110: Failure to produce petitioner

If any person on whom a writ of habeas corpus is served fails to bring the body of the petitioner, with a return of the cause of his or her detention, at the time and place specified in the writ, he or she shall forfeit and pay the prisoner one thousand dollars ($1,000).

Crim. Code, § 388; Acts 1871, No. 49, § 1 [388], p. 255; C. & M. Dig., § 5107; Pope's Dig., § 6370; A.S.A. 1947, § 34-1723.