Ex Parte Karlson

I dissent. It is practically

held by the opinion that, section 1205 of the Penal Code having no application to proceedings for contempt under sections 1209 et seq. of the Code of Civil Procedure, any court imposing a fine upon a person as a punishment for contempt may direct that he be imprisoned until such fine is paid. The limitation of section 1205 of the Penal Code, not being applicable, and no limitation being elsewhere made by our statute law, such imprisonment may be continued indefinitely, and as it is held with practical unanimity that imprisonment for mere nonpayment of a fine is not…