Murad v. Thomas

A fine had been imposed upon the defendant by an order of the court because of Iiis violation of an injunction, and Ms commitment was ordered until he should pay the fine or be otherwise sooner discharged by the court. Under this order a commitment had been issued upon which the defendant was arrested and committed to prison, and he applied for his discharge from the imprisonment by habeas *101corpus on the ground of insufficiency of the commitment itself. During the pendency of that proceeding he was committed to the custody of his counsel and appeared in person, when it was finally decided and…