6. The execution of the writ is made by levying upon the goods and chattels of the defendant or party against whom it is issued; and, in general, seizing a part of the goods in the name of the whole on the premises is a good seizure of the whole. 1 Ld. Raym. 725; 2 Serg. & R. Penn. 142; 4 Wash. C. C. 20; 1 Munf. Va. 239 ; 2 Hill, N. Y. 636; 5 Ired. No.
C. 192 ; 7 Ala. N. s. 619. But see 1 Whart. Penn. 377 ; 6 Halst. N. J. 218. It may be executed at any time before and on the return day, 13 Tex. 507, but not on Sunday, where it is forbidden by statute. Watson, Sher. 173 ; 5 Coke, 92; Comyns, Dig. Execution, C 5.
I. The sheriff cannot break the outer door of a house for the purpose of executing a fieri facia; 5 Coke, 92, nor unlatch an outer door, 4 Hill, N. Y. 437 ; nor can a window be broken for this purpose. W. Jones, 429. He may, however, enter the house, if it be open, and, being once lawfully entered, he may break open an inner door or chest to seize the goods of the defendant, even without any request to open them. 4 Tannt. 619 ; 3 Bps. & P. 223 ;
Cowp. 1. Although the sheriff is authorized to enter the house of the party to search for goods, he cannot enter that of a stranger for that purpose, without being guilty of a tres pass, unless the defendant's goods are actually in the house. Comyns, Dig. Execution (C 5); 1 Marsh. 565. The sheriff may break the outer door of a barn, 1 Sid. 186; 1 Kebl. 689, or of a store disconnected with the dwelling house and forming no part of the curtilage. 16 Johns. N. Y. 287.
S. At common law aft fa. did not author ize a sheriff to seize bank-bills, checks, or pro missory notes; but it is otherwise now, by stat. 1 & 2 Vict. c. 110, 12 and 3 & 4 Vict. c. S2 ; and this statute law is equivalent to the law pf many of the United States, 2 Va. Cas. 246 ; 1 Bail. So. C. 39 ; 14 Conn. 99 ; 1 Henipst. Ark. 91 ; 29 Penn. St. 240. Among the things which may be taken on afi. fa. are growing corn, 2 Dan. Ky. 205; 2 Rawle, Penn. 161 ; standing timber, 4 Zabr. N. J. 150 ; spirituous Lquors, 30 V 436 ; 33 N. H. 441 ; pianos. 30 Vt. 224.