Feree v. Strome

The defendants moved to put off the cause on account of the absence of material witnesses, and among others of John Breckbill, who was said to have gone to Wilmington, in the state of Delaware, and was soon expected to return. Affidavit was made of the service of the subpoena, and of his being a material witness, whereupon the cause was postponed until the next day, and an attachment awarded returnable forthwith. The sheriff could not take him on the attachment; but information being given two days afterwards that he was returned home, and the witnesses on both sides having been kept in town,…