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Excerpt from Claim of Benjamin Weil No; 447 Vs; Mexico: Award by the Umpire of the United States and Mexican Claims Commission Deposition of John M. Martin taken before me the under signed, a notary public in and for the Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, on this 26th day of July A. D. 1870, and intended to be used before the J oint Commission between the United Sta tes ahd Mexico now sitting at Washington City, D. 0. In the matter of the claim of Benjamin Weil against the Republic of Mexico, arising out of the. Illegal seizure of a large number of bales of cotton belonging to said Benjamin Wei], which was forcibly and unlawfully taken popession of by the liberal forces of Mexico under the command of General Cortinas, who com mended the entire District where this unlawful seizure ocurred and who was known to be acting under orders from Don Beni to J narez, President of said Republic of Mexico. Deponent being sworn in accordance with law declares on his oath that he was born in Belmont County, Ohio, is now forty five years of age, and that he now resides at New - Orleans, La., and is by occupation a steamboat Pilot. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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