1 D.C. 359
District of Columbia District Court
Decided November 15, 1806
District of Columbia District Court · decided 1806-11-15
moved for an attachment against the defendant, for not paying the costs of the last term, (the cause having been continued at his costs,) grounded on a paper signed by the clerk, stating the costs of the continuance in general terms to be, for witnesses’ attendance, $48, and marshal’s fees, $3, without stating who were the witnesses, nor how long they attended, nor for what services the marshal’s fees arose ; nor did it contain any certificate of the order of the court, or…
Decided 1806-11-15
¶1refused the attachment, because there did not appear to be a personal service of the order to pay the costs, or of the entry on the minutes, and because the bill of costs did not state the particulars.
¶2The clerk stated that it was not the practice in the Court to issue attachments in such cases, but the costs awaited the event of the cause. It also seemed to be the practice, that a rule to show cause why an attachment should not issue, should be granted.