City of Pineville v. Farrow

STANLEY, Commissioner.

Jim Farrow was fined $10 and costs by the police court of Pineville for public drunkenness. The court further adjudged that he should execute a $500 bond to keep the peace or behave himself for a period of six months and if the fine should not be paid or the bond executed, that he •should satisfy the same by being confined in jail at the rate of $2 a day. KRS 26.440, 26.480. The accused did not pay the fine or execute the bond. After serving sufficient time to satisfy the fine and ■costs, he sought release from jail upon a writ of habeas corpus. The circuit court held…