Drummond v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On the 10th day of August, in the year 1881, proceedings before a United States commissioner for the District of Columbia were begun upon the sworn information of the Chief Signal Officer of the United States Army against.
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On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. On the 10th day of August, in the year 1881, proceedings before a United States commissioner for the District of Columbia were begun upon the sworn information of the Chief Signal Officer of the United States Army against. Henry W. Howgate for embezzlement and forgery committed in 1879 and 1880, while a first lieutenant in the Army and property and disbursing officer of the Signal Service. On August 11,1881, a warrant was issued and placed in the hands of a special agent of…
1Opinion of the CourtPeelle, J.
In this action the claimant seeks to recover the reward of $1,000 offered by the Attorney-General of the United States under date of December 24, 1884, “to such party or parties as may arrest Henry W. Howgate, or who may furnish information leading to his capture.”
In 1881, on the sworn statement of the Chief Signal Officer of the United States Army, Henry W. Howgate, first lieutenant in the Army and property and disbursing officer in said service, was charged with embezzlement and forgery, committed in 1879 and 1880. The next day thereafter a warrant was issued and placed in the hands of a…
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