Case Name: The State, on the relation of Greene v. Maners
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1861-05-30
Citations: 16 Ind. 175
Docket Number: 
Parties: The State, on the relation of Greene v. Maners.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 16
Pages: 175–176

Head Matter:
The State, on the relation of Greene v. Maners.
Thursday, May 30.
A prosecution for surety of the peace is a criminal proceeding, and where the act authorizing such prosecutions is silent, the criminal practice governs.
APPEAL from the Owen Common Pleas.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
A prosecution for surety of the peace is a criminal prosecution. 4 Blacks. Comm. 251; The State v. Abrams, 4 Blackf. 440.
The practice, therefore, in criminal cases governs, where the act authorizing such. prosecutions is silent upon a point of practice under it.
A. T. Bose, for the appellant. 5
_ _ _ " , F. J. Brown, for the appellee.
The judgment is affirmed, with costs.