Ex parte Holdaway

Summary

The court treated the appeal as a certiorari proceeding because certiorari, rather than appeal, is the proper method for reviewing habeas corpus proceedings, and the State agreed to that treatment. It held that the omission of an express direction requiring imprisonment until payment of the fine and costs did not make the criminal judgment void. It also held that the judgment was unconditional despite postponing payment, so the petitioner was not entitled to discharge from custody. No separate opinions were recorded.