Case Name: The United States versus Montgomery
Court: United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1795
Citations: 2 Dall. 335
Docket Number: 
Parties: The United States versus Montgomery.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 335–335

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
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.