Ex parte Wadleigh

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner is confined in the state prison under a conviction of felony, and sentenced to the state prison for five years, and that he pay a fine of one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned in said prison until said fine is satisfied, at the rate of one day for each one dollar of said fine.

It is alleged in the petition: “ That during his imprisonment the said Wadleigh has faithfully fulfilled all the duties assigned to him, and has obeyed the rules and regulations of said prison, and has therefore earned the credits and deductions from…