73 F. 458 | U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York | 1896
The certificate of-the American ambassador that the papers “are properly and legally authenticated, so as to entitle them to be received in evidence for similar purposes by the tribunals of Great Britain,” is in proper form.
The old doctrine, that proceedings for the extradition of an alien are to be conducted with extreme technicality, has long since been abandoned. Tlie investigation before the commissioner is not to be treated as if it were a trial before a petit jury.
Writ dismissed, and prisoner remanded.