Letter
Van Buren to John A. Bingham , United States, September 20, 1875
[Inclosure 1 in No. 270.]
Mr. Van Buren to Mr. Bingham.
United States Consulate-General, Kanagawa, (Yokohama,) Japan, September 20, 1875.
No. 1129.]
Sir: An American vessel has just arrived here having on board one of the crew (an Italian subject) in irons, charged with murderous assault upon the mate, committed few weeks since. Will you kindly give me your opinion, at your very earliest convenience, whether I have any jurisdiction to try the man for the offense, and, if not, what my duty is in the premises?
I have, &c.,
THOMAS B. VAN BUREN.
Hon. John A. Bingham, United States Minister, Tokio.
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.