Excerpt from United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Vol. 2 of 2: Transcript of Record; Robert B. Noble and Julius C. Peters, Plaintiffs in Error, Vs. United States of America, Defendant in Error; Pages 385 to 722, Inclusive; Upon Writ of Error to the United States District Court of the District of Montana That by reason of the matters, facts and things herein stated the defendants Noble and Peters were taken by accident and surprise which could not with due diligence and ordinary prudence have been guarded against and were unable to procure the necessary evidence and testimony ito contradict the testimony of the defendant Funk. 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.