New Mexico Territorial Laws and Treaties NM TERR LAWS KEARNY CODE CRIMES & PUNISHMENTS Art. III, § 14

In all cases of conviction under this law, or any other, for any criminal offense, the convict shall remain in confinement until all the costs attending the prosecution shall be paid and his sentence fully complied with, and if such convict shall not discharge and satisfy the fine and costs it shall be lawful for the sheriff of the county in which the convict may be imprisoned, if the circuit judge of that county shall so direct, to bind such convict to labor for any term, not exceeding five years, to any person who will pay such fine and costs, and the person to whom such convict may be bound, may secure him, without cruelty, to prevent his escape.