Questão jurídica principal
Whether payment of the fine and costs during pending objection proceedings constituted a valid implied withdrawal of the objection.
Decisão extraída
No. A withdrawal of a valid objection must be clear and unequivocal; payment made only under threat of enforcement and substitute imprisonment did not justify assuming a voluntary waiver of the right to have the objection heard.
Fundamentação extraída
The appellant had objected in time. The payment occurred under pressure from the threatened consequences of non-payment. In that situation, inferring a conscious waiver of legal protection from the mere payment would violate good faith.