No. 136.
Sir Edward Thornton to Mr. Fish.

Sir: In compliance with the request of the governor-general of Canada, I have the honor to inform you that a person by the name of Maraine Smith, late of the city of Detroit, Mich., was, on the 4th of last month, committed to jail at Sandwich, in the county of Essex, Ontario, as a [Page 274] fugitive from the justice of the United States, on the charge of having murdered one Daniel B. McKeon.

As the usual application for the surrender of this man under the extradition treaty has not been received by the governor-general, his excellency has requested me to inform you that on the 4th of June, two months from the date of his committal to prison, the prisoner will be entitled to claim his discharge.

I have, &c.,

EDW’D THOBNTON.