82 P. 1043 | Cal. | 1905
A writ of habeas corpus, on petition of H.A. Krouse, was heretofore issued, returnable before me, and upon return of the writ the matter was heard before me and submitted. A similar writ had recently been issued and heard before the district court of appeal of the first district, and the petitioner had been remanded. In this present proceeding the petitioner makes one point not made before said court of appeal, and that point is the only one calling for especial notice. There are no other sufficient grounds for the discharge of the petitioner.
The petitioner was fined one hundred dollars by the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco for contempt of court, and was adjudged, in default of payment of that fine, to be imprisoned at the rate of one day for each twenty dollars of the fine. The language of that part of of the judgment of the superior court is as follows: "It is further ordered, adjudged, and decreed that in default of the payment of said fine he be imprisoned in the county jail of the city and county of San Francisco, state of California, *233
until the said fine is paid, such imprisonment not to exceed one day for each twenty dollars of said fine that shall so remain unpaid," — and the new point made by the petitioner is that the judgment of imprisonment is void because the words "until the said fine is paid" are used, instead of the statutory words "until the fine be satisfied," found in section
It is ordered and adjudged that the petitioner herein, H.A. Krouse, be, and he hereby is, remanded to the custody of the sheriff of the city and county of San Francisco, and that this writ be discharged.