Metzler v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
APPLICATION for a Writ of Certiorari to review an order of the Superior Court of Humboldt County, and Denver Sevier, Judge thereof, adjudging petitioners guilty of contempt. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
The petitioners were, on June 2, 1921, by the superior court of Humboldt County, adjudged guilty of contempt of eonrt and each sentenced to pay a fine of one hundred dollars, with the alternative of imprisonment in the county jail of said county, “until such fine be paid, at the rate of one day’s imprisonment for every two dollars of said fine.” They refused to pay the fines so imposed and were committed to the county jail, where they remained until the fourth day of June, 1921, at which time, upon the issuance by this court, upon their petition, of a writ of habeas corpus looking to their…
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