¶1Admiralty—Appeal—Failure to Secure Proper Transcript op Record. An admiralty suit will not bo remanded for a new trial by an appellate court, or to take new' testimony, on the ground that the record is incomplete, where such fact results from the failure of appellant to exercise due diligence.
¶2Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
¶3In Admiralty. On motion to remand case to district court for new trial, or to take new testimony, on the ground that the record is incomplete.
¶4Amos Van Etten, for the motion.
¶5Le Roy S. Gove, opposed.
¶6Before WALLACE and LACOMBE, Circuit Judges, and TOWNSEND, District Judge.
¶8Motion denied. To grant it would impose too great a burden on libelant. The unfortunate situation of the appellant is mainly due to the want of diligence in taking proper measures to secure an adequate transcript of the record, the defects of which were called to the attention of counsel, and should have been discovered in April, 1901, if not earlier.