Hill v. State

Opinion of the court delivered by

Judge Catron.

The defendant was indicted jointly with some others, for gaming. He appeared and pleaded guilty. The court fined him twenty dollars, and adjudged that he should stand committed until the fine and costs were paid, or he be otherwise discharged by due course of law. From this judgment the defendant appealed in error to this fcourt.

The objection to the judgment is, that the court could *248not order the defendant to stand committed until the fine and costs were paid. The court had the power so to adjudge; no practice is better séttled. But the defendant,…