United States v. Dagoman

The defendant in this case filed an affidavit under section 878 of the Revised Statutes, setting forth the names of certain alleged witnesses to be subpoenaed, whose evidence was claimed to be material to the defense. After the trial, in the matter of taxing'costs, it appeared that one of the witnesses named Beata Jumalon Atad, who had been subpoenaed and who attended the trial, was unavailable for the defense, not knowing anything about matters that it was expected that she could testify to. Counsel for the defendant claims that the costs incurred by the process of subpoena, and the fees of…