Hudson

The petitioner, Oscar Hudson, asks this court to annul a portion of the judgment of the police court in the city of Oakland whereby a fine imposed upon one Lucy Alexander, after a judgment of conviction of a misdemeanor, was taken out of bail money deposited by petitioner for the appearance of the said Lucy Alexander for trial in said police court.

The undisputed facts seem to be that Lucy Alexander was charged with a misdemeanor, and upon her appearance, Hudson, her attorney, deposited two hundred dollars of his own funds with the court as bail for her appearance. Upon the day set for trial, petitioner appeared with the said Lucy Alexander and offered to surrender her, and demanded of the court the return of his money. The court refused to accept her surrender, and refused to return the bail money to Hudson. The defendant thereupon pleaded guilty and the court in judgment imposed a fine of one hundred dollars upon her with the alternative of paying the fine or serving in the city prison of the city of Oakland until the fine was satisfied in the proportion of one day’s imprisonment for every two dollars of the fine, and further, in the judgment provided that the fine be collected…