CHAPTER X

SAMPLES OF LEGAL EXPERIENCES: First employment as an expert 68 witness in 1889—Case of Wilkinson v. The Houghton Main Colliery Company, Limited—Form of subpœna—Rusty-red flour beetle infestation in a cargo of flour transported from New York to Durban—Report on insect presence—Confirmed by Oliver Janson and a Washington expert—A compromise effected—Case of granary weevil infestation in a cargo of flour from San Francisco to Westport—Letter of thanks from William Simpson of R. & H. Hall, Limited.