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 816 FEDERAL REPORTBB. �The certificiite to the copy warrant should be in lîke form, mutatis mutandis. �It follows, from the foregoing considerations, that ueither the depositions nor the copies of the information or of the ■warrant were admissible in evidence by virtue of the certifi- cates accompanying them^ In regard to the copy informa- tion, Mr. Dobson, a detective officer attached to the Bradford police, who came to the United States to take Fowler back to England, testiûes that such copy is a copy of the original information; that he saw the original and was present when it was made, and saw Jowett sign it in the presence of Holden ; that Holden is a justice of the peace at Bradford, and acting as Buch; and that the signature to the copy is the signature of Holden. ' Mr. Dobson also testifies that the copy warrant is a copy of the original warrant; that he was present when the original was signed, and that it was issued by a justice of the peace at Bradford, and that he has the original in his possession. But there is no evidence that the authentication of the copies is according to the law of Great Britain. The relater objected before the commissioner to the admission in evidence of the copies, but they were admitted on the evi- dence of Mr, Dobson. They were not competent evidence. �A different case exists as to the depositions of Jowett and Huatler. The originals were offered. Mr. Dobson testifies that W. PoUard, before whom they were sworn and taken, is a justice of the peace for Bradford; that he, Dobson, was present when the depositions were taken ; that they are the originals; that they were sworn to by Jowett and Hustler eeverally; that two checks were produced to Jowett at the time, to whioh he referred in his deposition, as originals, (the witness producing copies of tbem, compared by himself, which are part of the case ;) and that the indorsements were on the checks when they were presented to Jowett in court. Mr. Dobson also testifies that he has been attached for 12 yeara to the police force of Bradford; that he is familiar with the ordinary course of criminal procedure in England for the apprehension of offenders ; that the said depositions would be used and reoeived in evidence before the magistrates at Brad- ����