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5 D.C. 550

Leatherberry v. Radcliffe

Decided March 15, 1839

Slander. The plaintiff had taken a deposition under the Act of Congress, 1789, § 30, [1 Stat. at Large, 73,] before the Mayor of the city of Washington, to be used in this cause, and there being some informality in the certificate of the mayor, Mr. U. J. Brent, for the plaintiff, moved for leave to take the deposition from the files to get the certificate amended according to the truth of the case.

Decided 1839-03-15

¶1But the Court overruled the objections, and permitted the deposition to be read, being of opinion that it was sufficient for'the plaintiff to show, at the time of trial, that the witness was gone” “ to a greater distance than one hundred miles from the place of trial; ” and that the return of a subpoena, non est, is only one means of making that fact appear to the satisfaction of the Court, but not the only means.

¶2Note. The Court being bound by law to hold a session in Alexandria on the 6th of May, adjourned on Saturday, the 4th, to Monday, the 20th of May, and in the mean time sat nine days in Alexandria.

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