Jones

B. H. Jones, the appellant, was arrested by police officers of the city of Alhambra. A complaint was duly filed against him in the police court of said city, charging that “on the 11th day of June, 1923, in said county of Los Angeles, State of California, a misdemeanor was committed by B. H. Jones, as follows: That the said B. H. Jones did at the time and place last aforesaid was wilfully and unlawfully a lewd and dissolute person. All of which is contrary to the form, force and effect, ’ ’ etc.

Thereafter a warrant was issued, and on June 13, 1923, the defendant was duly arraigned. The complaint was read to him, and he was informed of all "of his legal rights; he pleaded not guilty, whereupon a trial by the court was had, a jury having been waived. Witnesses for the prosecution and defense were sworn and testified, and on June 14, 1923, the court found Jones guilty and entered judgment that Jones pay a fine of three hundred dollars, and in case said fine be not paid by 12 o’clock noon of July 14, 1923, that Jones be imprisoned in the county jail of Los Angeles County until the fine be satisfied in the proportion of one day’s imprisonment for every dollar of the fine, and on the…