Show Imprisoned for Not Paying Alimony Pike Asks Habeas Corpus Aged Man Contends Sentence Is I Indeterminate Cruel and Unusual WILT WILLI JAM A PIKE aged agel 67 67 Gi re recently ro- ro Iv committed to th count county coun- coun t ty t. Jail JaU for tor contempt of or court for tOl to pa pay alimony In tho n of or 60 5 to his wife wIre Johanna Christina J PIke PIko applied to the tho SUpreme court for fol a writ of or habeas corpus claims that 11 he J Is being un un- lawfully restrained of or his lits liberty because because because be be- cause tho court 8 sentenced 8 him to Jail until the back bacic alimony aUmon i Is nil all Paid paki II He lie contends this I Is an Indeterminate Inde Ind terminate punishment and as S such uch 18 Is cruel uel and unusual Pikes likes wIfe ln secured d a divorce orcA from rom him somo months ago but th thC tho C case 80 waR wan appealed the to supreme court Pending the appeal Pike Is IR required by the tho decree of Judge C. C cv y florae lorse to ay his hs wire wife alimony Ho Ito did not pay and was wan hailed into court and sentenced to Jail On tho the thoI wa way to prison ho relented and paid the mone money I Several SC weeks elapsed anti and he hc failed taIled to pa pay again Tho The second time he lie was hailed Into court and sentenced to Jail to remain there until the alimony was vms raId paid This time Pike refused to PA pay and ho has lias been J Jn In prison for tor ten days das or two iwo weeks The case cao will wilt come up tomorrow |