Hutchins v. State

This was a rule on the auditor, to show cause why a mandamus should not issue against him, for refusing to allow an account in favor of the relator, for fees as a witness in the St. Louis Criminal Court, in the case of the State vs. Corl, Heyleman and Hodges, indicted for swindling.

It appears the relator, a witness, was a resident of the. State of New York, and was recognized by our authorities to appear in the Criminal Court at St. Louis,, to testify on behalf of the State, against the above-named defendants. He twice-attended the court under recognizance, coming from Troy, in New York. The…