In re Londos

On December 1, 1917, William Londos pleaded guilty to a charge of gambling, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail for a term of thirty days, and to pay a fine of $250. The judgment provides that if the fine be not paid, the defendant shall stand committed for a term equal to one day for every $2 of the fine after the expiration of the thirty days’ imprisonment. The prisoner having served his term of thirty days applies for his release from custody upon the theory that our statutes do not authorize the imposition of imprisonment to satisfy the fine in any case where the…