Jones v. State

Townsend, Judge.

In Wilson v. United States, 221 U.S. 361, 374 (31 S. Ct. 538, 55 L. Ed. 771) it is stated: “Where the documents of a corporation are sought the practice has been to subpoena the officer who has them in his custody. But there would seem to' be no reason why the subpoena duces tecum should not be directed to the corporation itself. Corporate existence implies amenability to legal process. . . Possessing the privileges of a legal entity, and having records, books and papers, it is under a duty to produce them when they may properly be required in the administration of justice.”…