Legal Opinion
In re the Accounts of Wardell
District Court, D. Hawaii
Decided January 13, 1916Published
Approval of witnesses’ expense accounts. .
1Opinion of the CourtClemons, J.
The claimants, J. S. Wardell, surveyor of customs for the port of San Francisco-, and Joseph Head, captain of customs inspectors for the same port, presented for allowance their accounts for attendance as witnesses in this court before the United States commissioner in the case of United States v. E. P. Winter, each claiming among other items the expense of rent of steamer chair on trip- to Honolulu and return, $1 each way, and the expense of gratuities or tips to stewards and waiters, $6.50 each way, and Captain Head claiming the expense of tips to table waiters while here in Honolulu,…
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