Edwards Pierrepont to convey Brent to the United States, December 21, 1876

Appointment of Inspector Shore to convey Brent to the United States.

Whereas under a warrant of extradition issued on the twentieth day of December, anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-six, by the right honorable the Earl of Derby, Her Majesty’s secretary of state for foreign affairs, Inspector John Shore has been directed to receive into his custody Charles Innis Brent, accused of the commission of the crime of forgery and uttering forged paper within the jurisdiction of the United States of America, and to convey him, the said Charles Innis Brent, within the jurisdiction of the said United States of America, and there place him in the custody of any person or persons appointed by the said jurisdiction to receive him:

Now, therefore, I, Edwards Pierrepont, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Great Britain, by virtue of the authority in me vested by the Government of the United States, do hereby authorize and appoint the said inspector, John Shore, to take the said Charles Innis Brent into his custody, and conduct him to the United States of America, and there deliver him to such person or persons as the President of the United States may authorize to receive him; and if no such person shall appear duly authorized by the President of the United States to receive said Brent, then to deliver him, the said Charles Innis Brent, into the custody of the United States marshal for the southern district of New York, in the city of New York, to be held by the said marshal subject to the orders of the President of the United States.