In re Ah You
California Supreme Court
Application to the Supreme Court for discharge upon writ of habeas corpus. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The petitioner was convicted in the police court of the city and county of San Francisco of a misdemeanor, for visiting a house of ill-fame, and on the seventh day of March, 1890, was sentenced to “pay a fine of four hundred dollars, and in default of payment thereof, that he be imprisoned in the county jail of said city apd county at the rate of one day for each one dollar of fine until said fine is satisfied.” Under a commitment issued upon this judgment he was immediately taken into the custody of the sheriff, and has since that day been confined in the county jail of San Francisco.,
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- In re FrazerMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
- Ex parte KearnyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1880
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