MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.
The bill of exceptions in this case shows that forty-four record-books, and some deeds, mortgages, and other papers, were, on the night of the 28th of June, 1872, stolen from the office of the register of deeds of the county of St. Joseph, Mich.
After an unavailing effort for over two months to recover them, the officers of the county seem to have come to an understanding with some detectives, by which...
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