Supreme Court of the United States January 29, 1877 (United States v. Clark)

94 U.S. 73 24 L.Ed. 67 UNITED STATES v. CLARK. October Term, 1876 APPEAL from the Court of Claims. On the 12th of April, 1873, Clark filed his petition in the Court of Claims praying relief from responsibility, under the act of May 9, 1866, 14 Stat. 44, on account of the loss, by robbery, of funds to the amount of $15,979.