188 APPENDIX TO CASE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
7. And Imake this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing the same to be 
true, and by virtue of the ‘‘Oaths Ordinance, 1869.” 
(Signed) GEORGE R. FEREY. 
Declared before me at Victoria, this 2ud November, 1887, in pursuance of the Oaths 
Ordinance, 1869. 
(Signed) Cuas. E. POOLry, 
Notary Public, Victoria, British Columbia. 
I, James Douglas Warren, of the city of Victoria, in the Province of British Colum- 
bia, of the Dominion of Canada, master mariner and ship-owner, do solemnly and 
sincerely declare as follows: 
1. That I am the duly authorized agent in this behalf of Andrew D. Laing, of the 
city of Victoria aforesaid, mate and partner of the British schooner ‘‘W. P. Say- 
rard,” at the time of her seizure as stated herein. 
2. That on the 9th July, a. D. 1887, the said schooner ‘*W. P. Sayward,” while in 
Behring’s Sea, in north latitude 54° 43’, and west longitude 167° 51’, and lawfully 
engaged in sealing, she was seized by the United States steam-ship “ Richard Rush,” 
and the said Andrew D. Laing, mate of the said schooner ‘‘W. P. Sayward,” was 
then placed under arrest by an officer of and from the said ‘‘ Richard Rush.” 
3. That, by authority of the Commander of the said ‘Richard Rush,” the said 
mate was taken first to Ounalaska Island, in the United States Territory of Alaska, 
and thence to Sitka, in said Territory of Alaska, and there arraigned for trial on the | 
22nd August, 1887, being admitted to bail in the meantime. The said Andrew D. ~ — 
Laing pleaded ‘not guilty” to the charge preferred against him, namely, that of | 
violating the laws of the United States respecting seal fishing in the waters of 
Alaska, and appeared on the said 22nd August for trial, and from day to day there- | 
after until the 9th September following, when without having been tried on said | 
charge, or for any ofience whatever, he was unconditionally released. 
4. And the said Andrew D. Laing, by me, his duly authorized agent in this behalf, 
claims 1,000 dollars as damages for such illegal arrest. 
And I, James Douglas Warren aforesaid, make this solemn declaration, conscien- 
tiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the ‘‘Act respecting extra- 
Declaration. 
Ciry or OTTawa, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada. 
judicial oaths.” 
(Signed) J.D. WARREN. 
Declared and affirmed before me, at the city of Ottawa, in the county of Carleton 
and Province of Ontario, this 9th December, 1887, and certified under my official 
seal. 
(Signed) J.M. BALDERSON, 
Notary Public for Ontario. 
170 Declaration. 
City oF OTTAWA, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada. 
I, James Douglas Warren, of the city of Victoria, in the Province of British 
Columbia, of the Dominion of Canada, do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows: 
1. That I am the duly authorized agent of Louis Olsen, of the said city of Vic- 
toria, in this behalf, master mariner, and master of the steam-schooner ‘‘Anna Beck” 
at the time hereinafter mentioned. 
2. That on the 2nd July, A. dD. 1887, the said ‘Anna Beck,” while in Behring’s Sea 
in north latitude 54° 58’ and west longitude 167° 26’,and lawfully engaged in seal 
fishing, was seized by the United States steam-ship ‘‘ Richard Rush,” and the said 
Louis Olsen, as master thereof, made prisoner by an officer of and from said steam- 
ship ‘‘ Richard Rush.” 
3. An armed crew from the said ‘ Richard Rush” took charge of the said ‘‘Anna 
Beck,” and took her and her erew to Ounalaska,in the Territory of Alaska. The 
said Louis Olsen was kept in custody at Ounalaska until the 5th day of said July, 
when he was sent as a prisoner to Sitka,in the said Territory of Alaska, on board 
the American schooner ‘‘ Challenge,” in charge of an officer from the said ‘‘ Richard 
Rush.” 
4, After his arrival at Sitka the said master of the “Anna Beck” was arraigned 
before a Judge of the District Court ona charge of having violated the laws of the 
United States respecting seal fishing in the waters of Alaska. 
