Case Name: Siskin's Petition
Court: New Hampshire Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Decision Date: 1885-06
Citations: 63 N.H. 389
Docket Number: 
Parties: Siskin’s Petition.
Judges: 
Reporter: New Hampshire Reports
Volume: 63
Pages: 389–390

Head Matter:
Siskin’s Petition.
Chapter 96, Laws 1883, requiring certain persons committed to jail to he discharged by the jailer at the expiration of a certain time, does not restrict the power of discharging them upon Gen. Laws, c. 268, s. 9.
Petition, presented to a justice of the court in vacation, and adjourned into the law term, for the discharge of the petitioner from*jail for inability to pay a fine and costs imposed by the police court of Nashua. The petitioner is not entitled to a discharge upon c. 96, Laws 1883.

Opinion:
Doe, C. J.
Chapter 96, Laws 1883, limits certain terms of imprisonment, and does not restrict the power of discharge given by Gen. Laws, c. 268, s. 9.