BROWN, District Judge.
The defendant, upon arraignment, having orally pleaded not guilty, the clerk demanded payment of a fee of $5. Defendant, by his counsel, objected on the ground that the demand is without authority of law. I am of the opinion that the objection must be sustained.
By Act Feb. 11, 1925, c. 204 (43 Stat. 857) — "An act to provide fees to be charged by clerks of the District Courts of the United States" — it is provided in section...
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