Roberts v. Howells

The appellant was convicted of battery upon his own confession, and sentenced to imprisonment in the county *391jail for a period of thirty days and to pay a fine of $100, and in default of payment thereof that he be confined and imprisoned in the county jail one day for each dollar of fine so adjudged, until the fine be paid. After serving out the thirty days’ term of imprisonment, the appellant applied to the third district court for a writ of habeas corpus, claiming, that after serving the thirty days’ term of imprisonment imposed he could not thereafter, under the same conviction and…