United States v. Pitman
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT.COURT OF THE .UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND. ■ This was a petition for. per-diem fees as clerk of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the District of BhodeTsland.
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT.COURT OF THE .UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND. ■ This was a petition for. per-diem fees as clerk of the Circuit and District Courts of the United States for the District of BhodeTsland. Petitioner claimed for 108 days’ attendance under Bevised Statutes, sections 672 and 583, and averred that, notwithstanding the rendition of the services claimed and the approval of his account by the court, arid notwithstanding that the marshal, the crier and one of the bailiffs had received pay for attendance upon a portion of the days enumerated in his petition, to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
This case depends upon the construction to be given to Revised Statutes, § 828, wherein there is allowed to the clerk ‘•five dollars a day for his attendance on the court while actually in session,” taken in connection with § 583, which provides that “if the judge of any District Court is unable to attend at the commencement of any regular, adjourned or special term, the court may be adjourned by the marshal, by virtue of a written order directed to him by the judge, to the next regular term, or to any earlier day, as the order may directand with § 672, wdfich contains a similar provision…
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