Soon after the conclusion of the treaty of 1842 with Great Britain, owing to the difficulty and delay of communication with the Department of State, the ministers of the United States at London not infrequently, especially in cases of offenses on American vessels on the high seas, requested the surrender of criminals without consulting the Department, and sometimes without even reporting what they had done. We give below from the "return of cases of extradition of prisoners under treaty between Great Britain and the United States," British Parliamentary Papers, North America, No. 9, 1876, a table of applications for extradition from Great Britain to the United States, which are not recorded in the diplomatic correspondence in the Department of State:

A number of the cases in the above list, besides were obviously offenses committed on the high seas. were made in such cases at the port of Liverpool. The British returns end at 1876.

those so returned, Many surrenders

The Canadian returns of applications by the United States from 1842 to 1876, published in British Parliamentary Papers, North America, No. 10, 1876, disclose several cases not included in the above tables. The following cases of this character are found in the returns of the extradition of prisoners from the province of Upper Canada, between 1842 and 1867:

The following such cases are found in the returns from the province of Lower Canada, between 1842 and 1867:

The British returns of cases of extradition of offenders from British Columbia and Vancouver Island to the United States up to July 20, 1871, show the following cases:

I am under obligations to John D. Lindsay, esq., assistant district attorney of the city and county of New York, for very full returns from that city, since 1873. On July 15, 1889, Mr. Lindsay wrote as follows:

James Williams was tried and convicted of petit larceny before Recorder Hackett in the court of general sessions on the 9th day of October, 1873, and sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of six months.

Stephen Raymond pleaded guilty before Judge Gildersleeve in the same court, on the 19th of July, 1877, and was sentenced to State prison for the term of five years. William J. Sharkey was convicted of murder in the first degree before Recorder Hackett on the 3d day of July, 1873, and sentenced to be banged. My impression is that the extradition proceedings were taken thereafter, as Sharkey, while under sentence of death, escaped form the city prison, and there is no record of any further proceedings in his case.

Thomas R. Lewis was tried and convicted before Justice Davis of the supreme court, in the court of oyer and terminer, on the 9th day of February, 1878, and sentenced to imprisonment in State prison for the term of two years and six months. William F. Reilly pleaded guilty before Judge Sutherland, in the court of general sessions, on the 29th day of May, 1878, and was sentenced to imprisonment at the State reformatory at Elmira.

William E. Gray was tried and convicted before Justice Barrett of the supreme court, in the court of oyer and terminer, on the 23d day of May, 1879, and was sentenced to be imprisoned in the State prison for the term of ten years. On writ of error the judgment was reversed by the general term of the supreme court, and Gray was not again tried.

Jacob Weil, on September 12, 1882, pleaded guilty before Judge Cowing, in the court of general sessions, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the State prison for the term of five years.

William H. Sinclair on July 9, 1883, pleaded guilty before Judge Gildersleeve, in the court of general sessions, and Joseph G. Wilkins like wise pleaded guilty before Judge Cowing, in the same court, on the 28th day of December of the same year, and both were sentenced to imprisonment in the State reformatory at Elmira.

Edmund Yard has never been tried, and the indictment against him was dismissed by Recorder Smyth, in the court of general sessions, in 1887, I believe, for I can not find the exact date.

John C. Eno was arrested in Quebec in June, 1884, but was discharged from custody by the Canadian authorities, the courts there holding that the offense proven was not an extradition offense under the treaty.

No proceedings were taken in the case of Richard S. Scott after the issuing of the formal demand, and Scott afterwards returned to this State by arrangement with the district attorney, and was used as a witness against John R. Dunn, against whom an indictment had been found charging him and Scott jointly with grand larceny in the first degree.

Dunn was tried and convicted in the court of oyer and terminer on June 19, 1888, and was sentenced to imprisonment in the State prison for the term of nine years and eight months. He afterwards appealed to the supreme court, and the general term handed down a decision on the 9th instant affirming the judgment of the court of oyer and terminer.

Charles I. De Baun pleaded guilty before Judge Martin in the court of general sessions on the 24th of June, 1889, and was sentenced to imprisonment in State prison for the term of five years and six months.

In the case of William A. Bushnell, the agent designated by the President, Philip Reilly is, as I am advised, yet at Valparaiso, Chili, awaiting the action of the Chilian Government upon the request to the State Department. To-day I learned that Reilly has informed Inspector Byrnes by cable that he has started home with his prisoner.* So far as I am informed, and I think you can rely upon it, the cases of Israel Rosenbaum, Jacob and David Ripstein, Charles Claremont Adolph Levinger, Baer Zwang, Thomas Ellis, and William F. Raymond have never been disposed of, and I am unable to say whether the extradition proceedings in their cases were successful.

In regard to the cases referred to in your list arising in other counties, I have made inquiries of the district attorneys of those counties, and so far have received the replies which I herewith inclose, which I trust will be entirely satisfactory to you. In case I am able to learn anything further as to the New York County cases I will advise you, and any further replies which I may receive in regard to the out-of-town cases I will immediately forward to you.

In response to his inquiries of the county attorneys, Mr. Lindsay subsequently furnished the writer with the following information: On July 26, 1889, the district attorney of Westchester County, N. Y., * Bushnell escaped from the officer in Peru.

wrote that Johu Cody was not apprehended, and that Austin Beebe, after being chased out of Canada, was captured in Boston, Mass., whence he was rendered up. He was convicted of burglary in the first degree, and at the time the district attorney's letter was written was in the State prison.

On July 29, 1889, the district attorney of Columbia County, N. Y., sent, in regard to the case of Beckwith, the following statement:

The People agst. Beckwith.

Crime committed January 10th, '82.

Arrested Feb. 20th, 1885, at a place 230 miles north of Toronto, Canada, and extradition proceedings instituted. Writ of surrender granted and Beckwith brought to Columbia County in March, 1885. No contest except on the first hearing.

Arraigned April, O. & T., 1885; plea, "Not guilty."

First trial Nov. 16th, 1885, before Justice Ingalls.

Conviction and first sentence Nov. 20th, 1885, to be hung Jan. 8th, '86.

Sentence affirmed by general term May 9th, 1886.

Resentenced by genl. term, May 21st, to be hung July 2d, 1886.

Judgment affirmed by court of appeals Oct. 26th, 1886.

Resentenced by genl. term Oct. 29 for Dec. 16th, 1886.

New trial granted Nov. 23, 1886, by Justice Ingalls, on the ground of surprise and newly-discovered evidence.

Appeal therefrom to genl. term dismissed Dec. 20th, 1886.

Commission in lunacy Jan. 17th, and defendant reported sane Jan. 26th, 1887, and report confirmed on the same day.

Second trial begun before Justice Edwards Feb. 2d, 1887.

Convicted and sentenced, Feb. 12th, to be hung March 24th, 1887.

Sentenced affirmed by genl. term July 11th, 1887.

Resentenced by genl. term Sept. 12th for Oct. 14th, 1887.

Judgment affirmed by court of appeals Jan. 17th.

Final sentence Jan. 21st for March 1st, 1888.

Hearing before governor for commutation Jan. 24th; denied Feb. 26th, 1888. Hung March 1st, 1888.

On July 11, 1889, the district attorney of Chautauqua County wrote that Orrin Sperry was never captured.

On July 12, 1889, the district attorney of Albany County wrote that Emil Lowenstein was executed April 10, 1874.

On July 11, 1889, the district attorney of Oneida County wrote that Fong Ah Yu was indicted for murder in the first degree November 20, 1885; that he was convicted April 2, 1886, of murder in the second degree, and is serving a life sentence at Auburn.

On July 11, 1889, the district attorney of Niagara County stated that William Blake, alias "Billy the Kid," eluded the officers in Canada and was subsequently captured in the United States. He was brought to Albany and convicted of bank breaking. After serving his sentence he was brought to Niagara County and admitted to bail. At the time the district attorney's letter was written the trial had not taken place. The district attorney also wrote that Mitchell Patterson was an Indian belonging to the Tuscarora tribe. He was tried for and convicted of the crime for which he was extradited.

On July 10, 1889, the district attorney of Erie County wrote that Augustus Trippe was indicted in the superior court of Buffalo, September 29, 1873, for arson in the first degree. He was convicted October 17, 1873, of arson in the second degree and sentenced to Auburn State Prison for eight years and nine months. Archibald W. Brown was indicted for murder and acquitted.

On July 17, 1889, the district attorney of Clinton County wrote in relation to the case of J. J. Filkins, who escaped from jail and was supposed to have fled to Canada. He was never recovered, and subsequently a body supposed to be his was found in a sewer near the jail from which he escaped.