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The United States versus Montgomery, 1795 — 2 U.S. 335 · caselaw · US
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The United States versus Montgomery
2 U.S. 3352 Dall. 335·United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania·1795
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Opinion
The United States versus Montgomery.
AN attachment being awarded against the witnesses, who did not attend at the return of the subpoena that had issued in this cause on the part of the defendant, the Marshall (Nichols ) suggested that they resided in a distant County, and asked the opinion of the Court, whether it was his duty, to serve the process.
[MAJORITY — By the Court:]
By the Court:
—An attachment is the process of the Court, regularly issuing for the adminiftration of justice ; and therefore, must be served by the Marihall.