LAMBERT, Deputy Commissioner of Police to Litchfield, May 20, 1879

J. Lambert, esq., to Mr. Litchfield.

Sir: With reference to your letter No. 252, of the 13th instant, regarding a murde committed on the high seas on board the American bark C. O. Whitmore, I have the honor to imform you that I have, through the solicitor to the government, obtained the opinion of the advocate-general, who states that the accused, John Anderson, should be tried by the high court of Calcutta in its admiralty jurisdiction. The case will therefore be placed before the presidency magistrate of the southern division this day at 2 p.m.

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