Ex Parte Clemmons

The petitioner, William Clemmons, was on January 10, 1924, convicted of the crime of receiving stolen property, with his punishment fixed by the court at confinement in the county jail of Marshall county for a period of 30 days beginning January 10th, and to pay a fine of $200 and the costs of the prosecution. On the same day the trial judge issued a commitment against the petitioner to enforce the judgment, ordering the sheriff to keep petitioner confined in jail until the fine of $200 and the costs of the prosecution, taxed at $66, were paid. Petitioner claims that he should now be released…