UNITED STATES V. BARBER, 140 U. S. 177 (1891)
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U.S. Supreme Court
United States v. Barber, 140 U.S. 177 (1891)
United States v. Barber
No. 339
Submitted April 22, 1891
Decided May 11, 1891
140 U.S. 177
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
Syllabus
Whether a complaint in a criminal proceeding is so unnecessarily prolix that the commissioner who drew it should not be allowed charges for it in excess of three folios is a question of fact upon which the decision of the court below will be accepted.
It is within the discretion of a commissioner of a Circuit Court of the United States in Alabama to cause more than one warrant against the same party for a violation of the same section of the Revised Statutes to be issued, and when the court below approves his accounts containing charges for such issues, it is conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Treasury that the discretion was properly exercised.