United States v. Barber
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeal fbom the disteict couet of the united states eoe THE MIDDLE DISTEICT OF .ALABAMA. This action was brought .to recover fees in 149 criminal-cases in which certain proceedings were had before the appellee, as commissioner of the Circuit Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
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Appeal fbom the disteict couet of the united states eoe THE MIDDLE DISTEICT OF .ALABAMA. This action was brought .to recover fees in 149 criminal-cases in which certain proceedings were had before the appellee, as commissioner of the Circuit Court for the Middle District of Alabama. The -items of the several services were set out in a bill of particulars, which was admitted to be correct, the district attorney interposing a demurrer to the petition for the purpose of securing a judicial determination of the legality of the several charges. Judgment having been entered in favor of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
It was admitted that the petitioner was a commissioner of the Circuit Court; that he actually and necessarily performed the services set forth in his petition; and that his-accounts containing .those charges were duly approved by the District Court,-as required bylaw. Objection was made by the government to the allowance of the following items:
• 1. “ Drawing complaints.” In the case of United States v. Ewing, ante, 142, we held that where the local practice required a magistrate to reduce the examination of the complaining wit.nesses to. writing, an allowance for drawing the complaint, *166as…
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