Wilson

In a certain action for divorce brought against petitioner, William I. Wilson, by his wife, in the superior court of Alameda County, the said court on February 1, 1887, made an- order requiring petitioner to pay plaintiff therein two hundred dollars per month alimony and eight hundred dollars counsel fees. On April 25, 1887, the said court committed petitioner to the custody of the sheriff until said money should be paid; and since that date petitioner has been in jail under said orders. The petition states that on December 8, 1887, the petitioner, after due notice, applied to the respondent,…