17 N.H. 263
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Decided July 15, 1845
Superior Court of New Hampshire · decided 1845-07-15
Indictment, for selling spirituous liquors without a license, upon which the respondent was found guilty, and sentenced to pay a fine of fifty dollars and the costs of the prosecution. The attorney-general moved that the respondent do not stand committed until the sentence shall be performed, but that execution issue against his goods and estate for the amount of the fine and costs.
Decided 1845-07-15
¶1This motion must be denied. The defendant stands convicted of an offence for which he has been indicted. There is no statute, or practice, which will warrant us to change the ordinary judgment in such case, and to enter judgment and issue execution for damages and costs, as if the case were a civil suit.
¶2Motion denied.