Ex parte Crittenden

The Court:

The petitioner was adjudged guilty of contempt by the Superior Court of San Francisco County, and was ordered to - pay a fine of $100, and to stand committed to the county jail for a period of one day for every two dollars of the unpaid portion of the fine. The order of the Court sets forth the facts constituting the contempt, and we are of the opinion that the facts show a case of contempt under the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure.

*535But it is claimed that it was not competent for the Court to imprison the petitioner under an order or judgment simply imposing a fine. In the…