Opium Trial

THE “PACIFIC” OPIUM SMUGGLING CASE. – In the case of the United States vs. A.M. Burns, action for a penalty for omitting four trunks of opium from the manifest of the steamer Pacific on her voyage from Victoria to this port in February, 1865.  The jury impannelled in this action were William Herron, William Aldridge, James Imbree, Arthur Warriner, H.G. Hadley, Thomas Stevens, Samuel Miller, Samuel T. Gosey, J.B. Elliott, G.M. Raymond, William Grey and T.G. Naylor.  The hearing of the evidence and the argument of the cause occupied the day until after eight o’clock in the evening.  The jury, after being out near an hour returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and assessed the value of the opium at $5,545, which is the amount of the penalty against the defendant as fixed by law.  Messrs. Mitchell & Dolph argues the cause for the plaintiff and Strong and Logan for the defendant.  – Oregonian.