United States v. Babcock
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri
Mr. Henry Hitchcock presented the following: And now comes William Orton, and moves the court to vacate the order granting a subpoena duces tecum for him to appear in said court, and bring with him the papers and books therein mentioned,- for the reason that the order granting such subpoena was improvidently made.
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Mr. Henry Hitchcock presented the following: And now comes William Orton, and moves the court to vacate the order granting a subpoena duces tecum for him to appear in said court, and bring with him the papers and books therein mentioned,- for the reason that the order granting such subpoena was improvidently made. The petition for the order for a subpoena •duces tecum was as follows: Now comes David P. Dyer, attorney of the United States, and petitions for a subpoena •duces tecum in the above-entitled cause, to be addressed to William Orton, and requiring him to appear as a witness in the…
1Opinion of the CourtDillon, Circuit Judge
(with the concurrence of TREAT, District Judge), in delivering, orally, the opinion of the court, in substance said:
We are now preparing to decide the motion presented this morning on behalf of Mr. Or-ton, the president of the Western Union Telegraph Company, to vacate the order for a writ of subpoena duces tecum which has been served upon him.
A petition was presented, in due form, some days ago, for an order for the issuing of spb-poena duces tecum, to be directed to William Orton, who is the president of the Western Union Telegraph Company, to appear as a witness, generally, in the case…
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