THIS BOOK DOES NOT CIRCULATE

THE

FEDERAL REPORTER.

VOLUME 123.

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS AND CIRCUIT
AND DISTRICT COURTS OF THE

UNITED STATES.

PERMANENT EDITION.

AUGUST-SEEMBER, 1903.

A TABLE OF STATUTES CONSTRUED IS GIVEN
IN THE INDEX.

ST. PAUL:
WEST PUBLISHING CO.
1903.

COPYRIGHT, 1903,

BY

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

FEDERAL REPORTER, VOLUME 123.

JUDGES

OF THE

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS AND THE CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS.

.........

..Littleton, N. H.

Hon. EDGAR ALDRICH, District Judge, New Hampshire..
Hon. FRANCIS C. LOWELL, District Judge, Massachusetts...................
..Boston, Mass.
Hon. ARTHUR L. BROWN, District Judge, Rhode Island.

.Providence, R. L

SECOND CIRCUIT,

...Washington, D. C. ..Albany, N. Y. ......................................................................................New York, N. Y. .............................................................................New Haven, Conn. ....Utica, N. Y. ............................................New York, N. Y. ....Hartford, Conn. ................................................Norwich, N. Y. .......New York, N. Y.

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Hon. RUFUS W. PECKHAM, Circuit Justice..
Hon. WILLIAM J. WALLACE, Circuit Judge..
Hon. E. HENRY LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.....
Hon. WILLIAM K. TOWNSEND, Circuit Judge
Hon. ALFRED C. COXE, Circuit Judge
Hon. GEORGE C. HOLT, District Judge, S. D. New York
Hon. JAMES P. PLATT, District Judge, Connecticut
Hon. GEORGE W. RAY, District Judge, N. D. New York
Hon. GEORGE B. ADAMS, District Judge, S. D. New York
Hon. EDWARD B. THOMAS, District Judge, E. D. New York. ....29 Liberty St., New York.
Hon. HOYT H. WHEELER, District Judge, Vermont..
Hon. JOHN R. HAZEL, District Judge, W. D. New York. .....

..Brattleboro, Vt. ...Buffalo, N. Y.

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.Washington, D. C.

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.Pittsburgh, Pa. .Philadelphia, Pa. Wilmington, Del. .Wilmington, Del. ..Newark, N. J.

Hon. HENRY B. BROWN, Circuit Justice .......
Hon. MARCUS W. ACHESON, Circuit Judge..
Hon. GEORGE M. DALLAS, Circuit Judge..
Hon. GEORGE GRAY, Circuit Judge
Hon. EDWARD G. BRADFORD, District Judge, Delaware..................
Hon. ANDREW KIRKPATRICK, District Judge, New Jersey.
Hon. JOHN B. MCPHERSON, District Judge, E. D. Pennsylvania......Philadelphia, Pa.
Hon. ROBERT WODROW ARCHBALD, District Judge, M. D. Pennsylvania..Scranton, Pa.
Hon. JOSEPH BUFFINGTON, District Judge, W. D. Pennsylvania..........Pittsburgh, Pa.
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