State v. Frost
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Indictment, for selling intoxicating liquor. The defendant having-been sentenced to pay a fine and the costs of prosecution, the question was reserved whether the costs should include, double fees for witnesses who came from Massachusetts at the request of the state, and were summoned after their arrival.
1Opinion of the CourtDoe, C. J.
The witnesses would have been entitled to double fees if they had been summoned in Massachusetts in accordance with the statute of that state. If they waived a compliance with that statute upon a promise of double fees, the promise should be performed. But they might waive the duplication of fees as well as the form of procedure : and the mere fact that they came upon request, and were summoned after their arrival without any understanding that they were to have double fees, would not make such fees taxable costs. In criminal cases, costs are taxed as in civil cases ; but such part of…
2Cited by1 opinion
- State v. A. B. C.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1895