304 OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN SEALING VESSELS. 



1070. Mr. Davie. Besides that, was it not a fad that Mr. Boscowitz 

 was allowing $100.00 a month to Oapt. Warren besides half of the 

 profits 1 — A. Well, I don't know that Mr. Boscowitz allowed it. 1 be- 

 lieve I put it down ami had a row over it with Mi-. Boscowitz. 

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L115. Q. You might tell me this before 1 sit down. This account 

 "K w shewS the balance of profit to be $22,140.20. Bow is that reduced 

 to $17,000,001 You can just give us that by the books. — A. There was 

 a loss on the Thornton of $ 1.001 .48; thai is, the "Thornton" sailed for 

 the Behring Sea and never returned. 



Barvet Combe, 

 Dep. Reg. Sup. Ct. B. G. 



EXTRACTS FROM THE EVIDENCE IN THE CASES OF WARREN vs. 

 BOSCOWITZ ET ALIOS AND BOSCOWITZ vs. WARREN ET AL, IN 

 THE SUPREME COURT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. 1 



As to the interest Joseph Boscowitz had in the sealing business 

 carried on between him and J. 1). Warren, from the port ol' Victoria, 

 U. 0., tor a number oi' years, beginning in L868, and with occasional 

 interruptions of a year oi more, continuing up to 1887. the following 

 evidence appears in a trial in the supreme court of British Columbia, 

 before the chief justice and a special jury, Mrs. Hannah Warren, wife 

 o( J. l>. Warren, being plaintiff, ami Joseph Boscowitz and T. 11. 

 Cooper being inter-pleaders. The court opened dune 4th, 1889. 



The evidence given by the witnesses shewed this general business 

 relation : 



That sealing schooners were obtained by Warren either by building 

 them or by purchase troni other parties for him by Boscowitz; thai 

 Warren supervised the fitting out of these vessels for sealing, super- 

 vised the running of the vessels, and the return of the sealskins to the 

 port of Victoria. Boscowitz furnished the money to tit out and pro- 

 vision the schooners and. in connection with his genera] fur business, 

 sold the sealskins cither in Victoria, San Francisco. New York, or Lon- 

 don. After taking out all expenses the profits were divided equally. 



About 1SSI or L886 Warren became bankrupt, and to keep the 

 schooners out of the hands of his creditors they were sold, nominally, 

 to T. 11. Cooper, his brother-in law. who lived in San Francisco, Bos- 

 cowitz taking mortgages on them to secure his interests in the sealing 

 industry. These mortgages were up to the foil value of the vessels. 

 The business and all its appurtenances, schooners, etc., at this date, 

 practically belonged to Boscowitz. 



On page 8 of tin 1 reported evidence the following statement appears: 



" Mr. Taylor asks for production ot' bill of sale and mortgage referred 

 io by Mrs. Hannah Warren in her alVt. of production, and also in the 

 notice to produce, Btating that at the time a receiver was first appointed 

 it was attached as an exhibit to an affidavit. Mr. Davie hands it to 

 Mr. Taylor, asking the court to note the fart, stating the date of the 

 documents to be 20th Fby., L886, on which.: • 1, Joseph Boscowitz, now 

 residing in the city oJ Victoria, under and by virtue o\' an indenture of 

 mortgage dated the 6th Feb'y.lSSt. andregistered the 3rd March, 1884, 

 for securing payment for the sum ot' $15,000, with interest, and an inden- 

 ture o\' mortgage dated the 8th July, L884, and registered the same 



■Inclosed iu Consul Meyer's dispatch No. 197. 



