88 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
Now, therefore, this is to certify:—That in pursuance of said order, on the 7th 
September, 1886, at 7 Pp. M., each and all of the above-named witnesses appeared 
before me at the Clerk’s office of said Court at Sitka, District of Alaska, United States 
of America: that M. D. Ball, Esq., District Attorney of said Conrt and District, and 
W. H. Payson, Esq., appeared then and there on behalf of and as attorneys and 
proctors for the United States, the libellant herein; and W. Clark, Esq., then and 
there appeared on behalf of, and as Attorney and Proctor for the said schooner and 
her owners herein; and Hans Guttormsen then and there appeared in pursuance of 
notice served upon him. 
That I was unable to complete the taking of said depositions on said 7th day of 
September, 1886, and [ continued the taking thereof on the 8th and 9th September, 
1886, and completed the same on said last-named day. That the said parties by their 
said Attorneys and Proctors then and there appeared, and were present on each of 
said last-named days, and at all times during the taking of said depositions. That 
each of said witnesses was first duly cautioned and sworn by me, then and 
rfl there, that the evidence he should give in said action, should be the truth, the 
whole truth and nothing but the truth, and thereafter each of said witnesses 
was then and there examined before me, and I then and there took down the state- 
ment and testimony of each of said witnesses, and reduced the same to writing in 
his presence, and then and there read the same over to him; and he then and there, 
after the same had been so reduced to writing and read over to him, subscribed the 
same in my presence, and swore to the truth thereof. 
That the foregoing depositions are the depositions of said witnesses then and there 
taken before me as aforesaid. That due notice of the taking of said depositions was 
given as required by said order. 
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said District 
Court, this 9th day of September, 1886. 
(Signed) ANDREW T. LEWIS, 
Clerk, United States District Court in and for the 
District of Alaska, United States of America 
On the 20th day of September, 1886, was filed the following claim of Master for 
Owner: 
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA. 
(In Admiralty.) 
In the Matter of the Libel of Information against the Schooner ‘‘ Thornton,” her Tackle, 
Apparel, Furniture, and Cargo.—Claim of Master for Owner. 
And now Hans Guttormsen, master of the schooner ‘‘Thornton” intervening for 
the interest of J. D. Warren of Victoria, British Columbia, the owner of the said 
schooner “Thornton,” her tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo, as set forth in the 
libel of information herein, appears before this honourable Court and makes claim 
to the said schooner ‘‘Thornton,” her tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo, as set 
forth in the said libel of information, and as the same are attached by the Marshal 
under process of this Court at the instance of M. D. Ball, Esq., United States 
District Attorney for the District of Alaska. 
And the said Hans Guttormsen avers that the said J. D. Warren was in possession 
of the said schooner at the time of the attachment thereof. 
And that the said J. D. Warren above named is the true and bond fide owner of 
the said schooner, her tackle, apparel, cargo and furniture as seized by the said 
Marshal as aforesaid and that no other person is the owner thereof. Wherefore he 
prays to defend accordingly. 
(Signed) HANS GUTTORMSEN,. 
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of September, A. D. 1886. 
[SEAL. ] ANDREW T. LEWIS, 
Clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. 
W. CLARK AND D. A. DINGLEY, 
Proctors for Claimant, 
Ts ye goeceel 
