People Ex Rel. Rudin v. Ruddell

On April 21, 1966, petitioner, John Frederick Rudin, was found guilty by the circuit court of Cook County of a building code violation and was fined $2600 and costs. On October 23, 1969, a warrant for petitioner’s arrest was issued and he was ordered to be confined in the House of Correction to work out the fine at the rate of five dollars a day, with the provision that the imprisonment should not exceed six months. We granted leave to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Although the grounds for release from confinement by a writ of habeas corpus are narrowly limited, it is well…