Letter

Litchfield to deputy commissioner of police, Calcutta, May 21, 1879

[Inclosure 4 in No. 262.]

Mr. Litchfield to deputy commissioner of police, Calcutta.

No. 254.]

Sir: Referring to your letter No. 1767, under date of the 20th instant, relative to the alleged murder committed on the high seas on board the American bark C. O. Whitmore, I have the honor respectfully to request that I may be furnished with a copy of the opinion of the advocate-general regarding the jurisdiction of the high court of Calcutta in the case.

I am, &c.,

A. C. LITCHFIELD.
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