United States v. Durling

DRUMMOND, District Judge.

I wish to lay down a few rules upon this subject as a guide to the district attorney, upon which I will insist hereafter when this question comes up again. It is always within his power, under the law, where a person is within the jurisdiction of the court, and he doubts whether he will be present on the trial of the cause, to compel him to give security that he will be present at the trial; so that it was competent for the district attorney, when these parties were here and he doubted whether they would be present when the case was called for trial, to have them…