United States v. Tetlow

LOWELL, District Judge.

The defendant (James Tetlow]. was arrested on mesne process at the suit of the United States, in an action of assumpsit for the amount of certain taxes assessed upon him as a manufacturer; and, having been surrendered by his bail, is now imprisoned on the writ. He duly applied to a commissioner of this court to take the oaths prescribed by Gen. St. Mass. c. 124; and the district attorney was duly notified, and attended the examination. .The commissioner found him entitled to take the oaths, but refused to administer them, on the sole ground that a debtor to the United…