In Re Werner

The petitioner, Werner, was convicted in the justice’s court of Pasadena township and sentenced to pay a fine of fifteen dollars, or, in default of such payment, he confined in the county jail of Los Angeles county for the period of fifteen days. On appeal to the superior court of Los Angeles county the judgment of the justice’s court was affirmed. The relator, failing to pay his fine, was committed to the county jail. The conviction was had under a resolution of the board of Korth Pasadena sanitary district, which reads as follows: “Any person who shall within Korth Pasadena sanitary…