United States v. Ewing
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF, TENNESSEE. This action was brought by the appellee, Ewing, in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee, for the recovery of certain amounts claimed to be due him for services as commissioner of the Circuit Court for that district from January 3,1887, to April 1,1889. Performance of such services w*as admitted as charged, the district attorney relying upon the…
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APPEAL PROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF, TENNESSEE. This action was brought by the appellee, Ewing, in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee, for the recovery of certain amounts claimed to be due him for services as commissioner of the Circuit Court for that district from January 3,1887, to April 1,1889. Performance of such services w*as admitted as charged, the district attorney relying upon the illegality of the charges, and judgment was rendered for the plaintiff for $841.05; from which this appeal was taken by…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The duties of commissioners of the Circuit Court are thus defined in section 1014 of the Revised Statutes: “ For any crime or offence against the .United States, the offender may, by any justice or judge of the United ’§ta ;s, or.-by any commissioner of a Circuit Court to take .bail, .or by any- , '. . justice of the peace or other magi^trateffthf -any State.„,where he may be found, and agreeably to the usual mode of process against offenders in such State, and at the expense of the United States, be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed, as the case may be, for trial beforé such court of the…
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