Grady v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Application for a writ to review the proceedings of the Superior Court of Fresno County. The petitioner, having been adjudged guilty of contempt of court, was sentenced to pay a fine and to be imprisoned until the fine should be paid. On habeas corpus before the judge of the Superior Court of another county he was discharged from custody. The other facts appear in the opinion.
1Per curiam
Ifc is admitted that the Superior Court had jurisdiction of the proceedings for contempt. That being the ease, and the court having imposed a fine, it was competent for the court to enforce its collection by execution. (§ 1214, Pen. Code.)
As to that portion of the order adjudging the petitioner guilty of contempt, which directed that imprisonment should be used as a means of collecting the fine imposed, it is sufficient to say that section 1487 of the Penal Code makes it the duty of the court or judges to whom a writ of habeas corpus is returned, in case it shall appear that the petitioner is…
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