In re Orpen

(sitting as committing magistrate). This is an application by tjie British consul general at San Francisco, as the representative of the kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the extradition of Arthur Herbert Orpen for the crime of murder alleged to have been committed at Auckland, colony of New Zealand, on December 25, 1897. The application for the apprehension of the accused was made on January 13, 1898. A warrant of arrest was duly issued and served by the United States marshal on January 19, 1898.

Miss Susan Harriet Campbell McCallum died at a private hospital in the city of Auckland,…