In Re Pillsbury

An order of commitment dated June 6, 1924, was issued by the superior court of Orange County, charging the petitioner with contempt of said court for failure to comply with the terms of an order made on July 27, 1923, directing him to pay temporary maintenance, attorney’s fees, and costs in a separate maintenance suit, and for noncompliance with an order made on April 18, 1924, directing that he pay certain amounts then overdue or furnish bond therefor. Petitioner was arrested pursuant to the order first mentioned and incarcerated in the county jail of Orange County, from which confinement he now seeks relief by a writ of habeas corpus.

The order of July 27, 1923, was based upon evidence introduced at a hearing on an order to show cause, and the petitioner was therein directed to pay to the plaintiff $25 for costs, $.150 attorney’s fees, and $100 per month. It appears that payments were made thereunder until October 1, 1923, and that nothing has been paid since that date. On December 22, 1923, a warrant of attachment, based upon affidavit, was issued for petitioner, under which he was arrested and brought into court on April 5-, 1924; a hearing was had and evidence introduced on…