Steinman v. Conlon

This is a motion to punish an attorney for contempt of court. It appears that a witness had been duly served with a subpoena duces tecum to attend before a referee appointed by the court to conduct an examination in proceedings supplementary to execution and produce certain assignments by the judgment debtor of her dower rights, which the judgment creditor claims were made to hinder, delay and defraud the creditors of the judgment debtor. The witness was asked whether he had produced the assignments called for by the subpoena duces tecum, to which he replied that he had and that they were in…