Stotesbury v. Covenhoven
Stotesbury v. Covenhoven
1 U.S. 164
(United States Reports)
Opinion of the Court
On an affidavit that the defendant was in confinement, and that material witnesses in his favor were about to leave the s7ate, The Court granted a rule to take their depositions, although the writ was not returnable until next term.
In Gilpin v. Semple, post, 251, the court seemed to doubt its authority to grant a rule to take depositions, before the return of the writ The practice in the courts of Philadelphia, however, has been uniform, in support of the authority. See 2 Dall. 78, 1 Yeates 404.
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