Supreme Court of the United States November 10, 1879 (Garneau v. Dozier)

Mr. Chief Justice Waite

delivered the opinion of the court.

'Since the act of June 8, 1872 (17 Stat. 330), Rev. Stat. 558, 624, 678, authorizing the appointment of deputies of the clerks of the courts of the United States, a transcript of the record is sufficiently authenticated for the purposes of an appeal or a writ of error to this court, if it is signed by the deputy in the

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name of and for