Ex Parte Herrod

Appellant was confined in jail, satisfying, in default of payment, a pecuniary fine and costs, assessed against him, by a justice court judgment, in a misdemeanor case. While so confined, he was carried before the county court, where he was convicted of other misdemeanors and his punishment assessed at confinement in jail for 180 days. He was immediately thereafter returned to jail, where he remained confined for the period of time mentioned. At the expiration of that time, appellant sought his release from custody by writ of habeas corpus, contending that, by such confinement in jail, he had…