Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-11

Inc Gnble nae4snKenaGns Ehua given, in
references 90 each barrel, Ia the enhie d.
mensions Of the Smallest rectangular,
plane snffaaed cavity which would con
tain IL.
All thsse saeas / oonsidsr % BE- sstsb-
liahad BY she evidence heyond every
reasonable dauha. Upou them, without
the aid az ether facts, and from them
unless wishstood hy ether facts, q legal
infsEenoe ARISES thak the ship herself
brought She Qpinm from Vicforia iaso
the Uniaed States, as alleged in the libel.
They operate, therefore. 10 caat on the
vsassl and owners the burden Of prov
iRR, By q fair pFepondeEanoa Of evil
dence, tka contrary Of such an infer
ence, By either giving SONS credible
and satisfactory explanation Of the
presence Of the 0pinm en- board inc0n-
aintanf with the inferenca, or showing
thak a& FintoEia OF elsewhere In HFiaish
Columbia nothing was taken aboard
that could navs bsen this Opium. In this
dslsmme. che masters and owners offer
an explanation Their explanation Is
20 the erect that these barrels were, in
good faith. taken into she ship af
Junean, on the 18th Of December, 1886
Is Q part ct q lot Of skins, pursuant 20
an agreement % shipment made at
Juneau, on the northward tKip Of the
same voyage, between che master per-
sonally aud one Charles =. LanRtFy. A
lee ding question in the case, 70 nv
mind, Is that ef the cFedibilisy Of this
explanation. The evidence urged "a
support il Ia chs ships freight book. az
the period from October, 1883, 20 Jar q .
airy, 1856, and particularly the entries
therein Of December, 1885, and the tes-
timony OF the master, the freight CLERK,
the customs inspector on board, and
two Of the sailors Of the Steamship.
The freight book Il q bound vOlume.
sixteen OF seventeen inches square, Of
some four hundred pages, each paQe
with suitable printed headings and hor-
iznntal and o0lumnaF ruling for Q ship's
manifesto. Is appears to contain, in
regular succession, entries of cargo for
all the trips Of the vessel from October,
1888, 10 January, 1856, inclusive. Thess
entries. except on q single page, are
every one OF them In pencil. Among
them, under date OF December IS, 1885
and as the bottom Of The s64ih paas
oecars this:
&C. L. Charles r. LanRsEy. juneau to
kaasan Bay.
IA bills. skins. ll2 salted is ALSO
10 bales 10 16 500 8 2-10
l27 Dso
f6s5 81. Is.n
In which entry, the figures 's1l2' and
lisp are intended 10 denote the meas-
urement OF barrels and bales, respest-
lively, in cubic fest: the figures A16, the
rate OF freight per ton, in dollars;
the figures IA 80n and IS cor TIE
smoants Of freight; the figures IS TO-"
she total ton measurement OF the ship.
ment; the hgares &c s., the advance
charges, at the ratio Of 1-9, aad the
figures "57 Is, the total charges.
Subsequently. in Fecapitulation Of all
the entries for the December voyage,
and at the foot OF page s., the following
summarized entries appear:
Juneau :. WranQie
I" Kasaan Bay
So $3.50 SIS 57.1S
9k3S 699s % 352.41 1850 lO''
This last line, which Is linz Of TO-
tails. 10 repeated at the top Of the next
paGss and is followed By aaher analo-
e0ns abbreviated entries, with nov ana
then new line Of totals, six IN ali, enc
Of which, about foar-Afths OF the way
dswn the page, cleses the recapstaia-
ton. The freight clerks connection
with the freight book begins in Sepsem
Der, 1885. on page 297.
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