Dixon v. State

It is familiar law, frequently reiterated, that certiorari will not be granted where an adequate remedy is available on appeal. State v. Knowlton, 102 N. H. 221, 223; Salem Cooperative Bank v. Southwick, 102 N. H. 1, 3; Nashua v. Public Utilities Commission, 101 N. H. 503, 506; Waisman v. Manchester, 96 N. H. 50, 52. It is true that this rule does not operate with monolithic inflexibility and an exception can be made where there are compelling reasons to do so in the interests of justice. An example is Cloutier v. State Milk Control Board, 92 N. H. 199, 203, where certiorari was allowed to…