Fisher v. McDaniel
Wyoming Supreme Court
Original proceeding on Habeas Corpus. Belle Fisher was adjudged guilty of contempt by the district court for Carbon County, and sentenced to imprisonment for six months in the county jail, and to pay a fine of $500, and to stand committed until the fine be paid and the sentence served. The term of imprisonment having expired, and she remaining imprisoned for non-payment of the fine, she applied to be discharged upon habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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Original proceeding on Habeas Corpus. Belle Fisher was adjudged guilty of contempt by the district court for Carbon County, and sentenced to imprisonment for six months in the county jail, and to pay a fine of $500, and to stand committed until the fine be paid and the sentence served. The term of imprisonment having expired, and she remaining imprisoned for non-payment of the fine, she applied to be discharged upon habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion. The acts constituting the alleged contempt are to be examined to ascertain whether in law they constitute a contempt, and, if…
1Opinion of the Court
Potter, Chief Justice.
Upon the petition of Belle Fisher, claiming to be unlawfully imprisoned in the jail of Carbon County by the sheriff of that county, a writ of habeas corpus was allowed by one of the justices of this court and made returnable before the court. The case was heard upon the petition, the return, plaintiff’s reply thereto, and briefs of counsel.
The return embraces the record of the proceedings resulting in the ■ order for plaintiff’s imprisonment, and attached to the reply is a certified copy of the testimony.
It appears that one Martin W. Foley was being tried in the district…
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