Ex Parte Chapman

DAVIDSON, Peesiding Judge.

The relator was convicted of a misdemeanor, the fine and costs amounting to $52.70. This occurred on the 2nd day of July, 1917. On July 20th he applied for a writ of habeas corpus, which was granted, and set down for the following day. Hpon hearing he was remanded to custody. On the 2nd of July, the day of conviction, he filed a pauper’s affidavit of his inability to pay the fine and costs. He remained in jail, except one-half of the day of July 21st, the day following the granting of the writ, when he was at work on the town streets. He was employed, or ordered by…