District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania December 8, 1902 (In re Howell)

ARCHBARD, District Judge

(orally). The authority given by the section of the Revised Statutes referred to cannot be questioned, and '*1 cannot refuse an application which is brought within its terms. It is immaterial whether an issue has yet been made up or not, because if testimony were being taken I would have no right to pass upon its relevancy or irrelevancy.