Godshaw v. Roberts

*484Opinion by

Judge Phyor :

The appellant, as trustee of the jury fund, was not indebted to the appellee, and after the allowance had been made to the juror (appellee) the court below directed his imprisonment, not only for contempt, but as a means of coercing the payment of the money, and from that order the appellant has appealed. His refusal to pay the juror and the order directing his imprisonment until paid, necessarily involves the validity of the order directing its payment. The case of Ex parte Herrick, 78 Ky. 23, presented the question as to the right of a policeman of the city of…