In re McAdam
New York Supreme Court
At chambers. On application to vacate warrant of commitment of Graham McAdam for contempt.
1Opinion of the CourtLawrence, J.
This is an application to vacate the warrant of commitment issued herein on the 21st day of March, 1889, against Graham McAdam, and for an order determining the question arising upon the order to show cause heretofore granted herein, which was heard on the 21st day of March, 1889, before Mr. Justice Ingraham. Graham McAdam was duly subpoenaed as a witness before the commissioners of accounts in an examination then pending before said commissioners. The statute (chapter 516, Laws 1884,) provides that, “for the purpose of ascertaining facts in connection with these examinations, they [the…
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