State v. Drew

Citation76 A. 191,75 N.H. 604
PartiesSTATE ex rel. O'CONNOR v. DREW.
Decision Date03 March 1910
CourtSupreme Court of New Hampshire

Exceptions from Superior Court, Coos County; Plummer, Judge.

Habeas corpus by the State, on relation of one O'Connor, against Holman A. Drew. The court ordered petitioner remanded, and he brings exceptions. Overruled.

At the April term, 1908, of the superior court, the petitioner was indicted for violating section 15, c. 112, Pub. St., and at the September term, 1908, was found guilty upon a trial by jury The court imposed a fine of $25 and costs, and ordered that the petitioner be confined in jail for 60 days. At the solicitation and request of the petitioner, it was further ordered "that jail sentence be suspended; mittimus to issue on call of solicitor." The solicitor called for the mittimus in June, 1909, and the defendant, who is sheriff of the county, arrested the petitioner on the precept and committed him to jail. The petitioner thereupon applied for this writ.

Carl Abbott, for petitioner.

Bernard Jacobs, Sol., for defendant.

PER CURIAM. The question presented was decided in State v. Buckley, 75 N. H. 402. 74 Atl. 875.

Exception overruled.

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  • Ex parte United States, Petitioner. riginal
    • United States
    • U.S. Supreme Court
    • December 4, 1916
    ...Ohio N. P. N. S. 533, 16 Ohio S. & C. P. Dec. 259 (1905); State v. Hilton, 151 N. C. 687, 65 S. E. 1011 (1909); State ex rel. Buckley v. Drew, 75 N. H. 402, 74 Atl. 875 (1909); State ex rel. O'Connor v. Drew, 75 N. H. 604, 76 Atl. 191 (1910); Re Hinson, 159 N. C. 250, 36 L.R.A.(N.S.) 352, 7......
  • State v. Dean
    • United States
    • New Hampshire Supreme Court
    • September 30, 1975
    ...sentences. N.H.Const. pt. II, arts. 4, 5; State v. Owen, 80 N.H. 426, 427, 117 A. 814, 815 (1922); State v. Drew, 75 N.H. 402, 74 A. 875 (1909), 75 N.H. 604, 76 A. 191 (1910); accord, People v. Broadie, 45 App.Div.2d 649, 360 N.Y.S.2d 906 (1974), aff'd, 37 N.Y.2d 100, 371 N.Y.S.2d 471, 332 ......
  • Carpenter v. Berry
    • United States
    • New Hampshire Supreme Court
    • May 21, 1948
    ...§ 18) or under the general powers which our Courts have always exercised to suspend sentences for other good reasons. See State v. Drew, 75 N.H. 402, 74 A. 875, and cases cited; Philpot v. State, supra, Sylvester v. State, 65 N.H. 193, 20 A. 954. The fundamental difficulty with the petition......
  • Montgomery v. State
    • United States
    • Alabama Supreme Court
    • May 2, 1935
    ... ... states. 26 A.L.R. 399. In addition to the cases there cited, ... the following support the same principle: Emerson v ... Boyles, 170 Ark. 621, 280 S.W. 1005; State v ... District Court, 73 Mont. 541, 237 P. 525; State v ... Drew, 75 N.H. 402, 74 A. 875; Id., 75 N.H. 604, 76 A ... 191; In re Hall, 100 Vt. 197, 136 A. 24 ... The ... Lauderdale law and equity court is governed by that feature ... of the law. Local Act passed May 29, 1931, § 15, pp. 72, 75 ... It is ... our judgment, therefore, ... ...
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