In re Morris

The petitioner is here on a writ of habeas corpus. He was convicted in the superior court of Maricopa county of violating section 139 of the Penal Code of 1913, and sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for 30 days and to pay a fine of $500, and also sentenced to serve one day in jail for each dollar unpaid of the $500 fine; the jail sentence and imprisonment for failure to pay fine not to exceed six months. Section 139 provides the punishment for its violation to be “by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by fine not exceeding $5,000, or both. ’ ’

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