In re Breen
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
This was an application by David Breen, who is held for extradition to Great Britain, for a writ of habeas corpus.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
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.
*459The only other question left is whether, accepting the documents as competent evidence, there was proof before the commissioner tending (o show that the prisoner had been guilty of tlie offense of embezzlement within the meaning of the treaty. Such proof there undoubtedly was. Persons in a position to know testified that he received cheeks from a Mr.…
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