¶1We think the statute is designed to reach the case of general witnesses only, and that a party to a suit can not he punished under it for refusing to give his evidence, notwithstanding he might have been compelled to testify if within the jurisdiction issuing the commission. The prisoner must be discharged.
7 Mich. 452
In re Adams
Decided December 1, 1859
Michigan Supreme Court · decided 1859-12-01
Petition for habeus corpus. The petition set forth: That petitioner was restrained of his liberty by the sheriff of Wayne county, by virtue of a pretended warrant issued by T. S. Blackmar, circuit court commissioner for Wayne county, authorizing his arrest and imprisonment for refusing to testify as a witness in a cause pending in the Supreme Court of New York, wherein a commission had been issued to T. W. Lockwood and Horace Hunt, Esqs., to take his testimony: That…
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