Scott County v. Drake

At the April term, 1896, of the Circuit Court of Scott County, George H. Dodson was fined $200 for violating an ordinance of the incorporated village of Bluffs, in said, county. The judgment concluded with order for his imprisonment in the county jail if he did not pay the fine and costs, upon demand, under writ of execution. He did not pay the fine when demanded, and on June 10,1896, a capias pro fine issued, commanding the sheriff to take said Dodson and keep him until he paid the fine and costs, unless he should be otherwise sooner discharged, limiting the imprisonment to not exceeding six…