Daly v. Multnomah County

This was an action to recover two dollars and twenty cents, for one day’s attendance and mileage as a witness in a criminal action. Upon demurrer, judgment went for the defendant, from which this appeal is taken. The object of the action is to test the validity of an act entitled “An act to prescribe the fees of witnesses in Multnomah County,” *21which provides that “ in all criminal actions and proceedings witnesses residing within two miles of the place of trial, or the place where they are required to appear and testify, shall not be entitled to receive either witness fees or mileage.”…