repeated subpoena

Nevertheless, Mr. Clark said the authorities never quite believed the hospital, hence the repeated subpoenas.

Frank J. Clark, the Erie County district attorney, said officials at Erie County Medical Center answered repeated subpoenas by saying they did not have the evidence.

The committee investigating Gov. John G. Rowland of Connecticut asked its lawyer to draft an article of impeachment accusing him of obstruction for not complying with repeated subpoenas for personal records.