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and no other person having appeared, and no claims or allegations having been 
made or filed herein by any other person or persons, and the usual proclama- 
75 tion having been made, and said cause having been heard upon the pleadings 
and proofs, M. D. Ball, Esq., and W. Hl. Payson, Ksq., appearing as advocates 
for said libellant, and W. Clark as advocate for said claimant, and said cause having 
been submitted to the Court for decision, and due deliberation being had in the 
premises, it is now ordered, sentenced, and decreed as follows: 
1. That all persons whatsoever other than said claimant be, and they are, hereby 
declared in contumacy and default. 
2. 'That the said schooner ‘‘ Thornton,” her tackle, apparel, boats, and furniture, 
and her cargo of 403 fur-seal skins, and all other property found upon and appurte- 
nant to said schooner, be, and are hereby, condemned as forfeited to the use of the 
United States. 
3. ‘hat unless an appeal be taken to this Decree within the time limited and pre- 
scribed by law and the Rules of this Court, the usual writ of venditioni exponas be 
issued to the Marshal commanding him to sell all of the said property and bring the 
proceeds into this Court to be distributed according to law. Costs to be taxed are 
awarded against said claimant. 
Dated October 4, 1886. 
(Signed) LAFAYETTE DAWSON, 
District Judge. 
Done in open Court this 4th day of October, 1886, at Sitka, District of Alaska, 
United States of America. 
(Signed ) ——_ ——, Clerk. 
On the same day was filed the following motion to set aside Decree: 
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA. 
United States v. J. D. Warren and Schooner ‘* Thornton.”—Motion to set aside Decree. 
Now come W. Clark and D. A. Dingley, proctors intervening for and in behalf of 
the claimants herein, and moves the Court to set asidethe Decree rendered herein for 
the reason that the evidence produced on behalf of the United States is wholly 
insufficient upon which to base said Decree. 
(Signed) W. CLARK AND D. A. DINGLEY, 
Proctors for Claimant. 
Which motion was over-ruled by the Court, and on the same day was filed the fol- 
lowing notice of appeal: 
In THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA. 
United States v. J. D. Warren and Schooner ‘‘ Thornton.”—Notice of Appeal. 
And now come W. Clark and D. A. Dingley, proctors for and in behalf of the 
claimant herein, and notifies this honourable Court that they hereby appeal from 
the Decree rendered herein to the Circuit Court having appellate jurisdiction over 
this district, and that said appeal is taken on questions of law and fact, and prays 
the Court for an order on its clerk to prepare a complete transcript of the record 
herein, as the law requires. é 
(Signed) W. CLARK AND DD. A. DINGLEY, 
Proctors for Claimant. 
On the 9th day of February, 1887, was entered the following order: 
In the Matter of the United States v. Sehooner “ Onward,” Case No. 49; Schooner ‘ Thorn- 
ton,” Case No. 50; Schooner ‘ Carolina,” Case No. 51; Schooner ‘San Diego,” Case 
No. 52; Arms and Ammunition Schooner “Sierra,” No. 57; Arms and Ammunition 
Schooner *‘ San Diego,” No. 58. 
In the above causes, upon motion of the Attorney for the United States and argu 
ment of counsel for the United States, and for the interveners in said causes, and 
consideration by the Court, it is this day ordered that writs of venditioni exponas do 
issue from the clerk of said Court to the Marshal of said District, for the sale 
76 of the attached vessels, with their tackle, cargoes, and furniture, of whatever 
description, and of the arms and ammunition attached in said causes. 
