Hendrix v. Lark

482 S.W.2d 427 (1972)

Dora Lee HENDRIX a/k/a Dora Hendrix, Petitioner,

v.

Alphonso LARK, as Warden of the St. Louis Municipal Jail, Respondent.

No. 57392.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

July 17, 1972.

American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri, Tom P. Mendelson, St. Louis, for petitioner.

Robert W. Van Dillen, City Counselor, John J. Fitzgibbon, Assoc. City Counselor, St. Louis, for respondent.

SEILER, Judge.

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus by which petitioner, Dora Lee Hendrix, seeks discharge from imprisonment imposed in lieu of fines and costs she was unable to pay…