District Court, D. Puerto Rico January 6, 1903 (United States v. Butler)

Holt, Judge,

delivered the following opinion:

This is a question as to tlie allowance of mileage to a witness for tbe government. II. E. Keim, living at Aibonito, was summoned as a witness on behalf of the United States to testify before the commissioner in San Juan. The distance between the two places is 50 miles.