Dreskill v. Parish
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Ohio
[This was an action by Peter Dreskill against Francis D. Parish to- recover damages for hindering and obstructing the arrest of a slave. See Cases Nos. 4,087-4,089.]
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF
THE COURT.
Mr. Parish, the defendant, moved the court to retax the cost bill on two grounds: 1. Because there was no service df a subpoena on Charles S. Mitchell and Andrew J. Dreskill, who appeared several terms and were examined as witnesses. 2. Because several other witnesses were summoned who lived more than one hundred miles from the place of holding the court
The court said, the second ground is not sustainable. A witness may be summoned if he live within one hundred miles of the place where the court is held, though his residence may be out of the district in which the court is…
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