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That fictitious personality of legal creation, John Doe, has finally been given a black mark. Last May the su preme court of Brooklyn handed down an opinion that too much use was be ing made of the John Doe fction, and that justice often miscarried on that account. Five justices agreed in this concclusion. A more important and binding decision along this line has how come from the New York ‘court of appeals in the case of a head bookeeper for Klaw Erlanger, the heads of the theatrical trust. He was handed a “Joe Doe’ subpoena and asked to testify, and he refused. He was threatened with contempt pro ceedings, and the court ruled that he did not have to obey such a summons. It held that many subpoenas issued in that manner are worthless, and that “no business secret would remain un known if such a demands were obeyed.”
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Jacksonville Daily Illinois Courier
Jacksonville, Illinois, US
Mon, Feb 25, 1907
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Finn L.
