Child v. United States

Deaee, Cb. J.,

delivered tbe opinion of tbe court:

At tbe December term, 1868, of tbis court, judgment was rendered in tbis case for tbe claimants,, from wbicb tbe defendants appealed to tbe Supreme Court.

On tbe 20th of May, 1869, after tbe appeal was taken, tbe defendants moved for a new trial, and in support of that motion filed a statement of tbe Assistant Attorney General, in tbe following words:

“That from information derived from reliable sources, since tbe last bearing in tbis case, tbe Assistant Attorney General confidently believes (and in fact has no doubt) that be can prove…