In re Boeshore

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

Under section 4906 of the Revised Statutes [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3390] the respondent was duly subpoenaed to appear as a witness before a notary public in the city of Philadelphia to testify in a contested interference proceeding pending before the Patent Office. He failed to appear, and a rule to show cause why an attachment should not issue was thereupon granted. The respondent’s answer sets up, among other excuses, that the process served “did not at said time pay or offer to pay to deponent his car fare or expenses to the hearing referred to, nor did he…