Ex parte Vance
California Supreme Court
Application to the Supreme Court for release upon habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtDe Haven, J.
— The return to the writ of habeas corpus issued herein shows that the petitioner, D. M.Vance, was, on October 18,1889, adjudged by the superior court of Sacramento County to be guilty of contempt, and to pay a fine therefor of three hundred dollars, and to be imprisoned in the county jail of Sacramento County until such fine was paid, in the proportion of one day for every dollar of the fine. The petitioner was on that day committed to jail under said judgment, and there remained until October 22, 1889, when he was released by the sheriff, and remained at liberty, free, and without…
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