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THE

FEDERAL REPORTER.

VOLUME 84.

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

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

PERMANENT EDITION.

FEBRUARY-MARCH, 1898.

A TABLE OF STATUTES CONSTRUED IS GIVEN
IN THE INDEX.

ST. PAUL:

WEST PUBLISHING CO.

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VAD DIELLICL CONIAP OR LE

CHECALL COOKIE OF VALETTE VAD CIBCOLL

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

FIRST CIRCUIT.

Hon. HORACE GRAY, Circuit Justice.

Hon. LE BARON B. COLT, Circuit Judge.

Hon. WILLIAM L. PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.

Hon. NATHAN WEBB, District Judge, Maine.

Hon. EDGAR ALDRICH, District Judge, New Hampshire. Hon. THOMAS L. NELSON, District Judge, Massachusetts.1 Hon. FRANCIS C. LOWELL, District Judge, Massachusetts.2 1 Hon. ARTHUR L. BROWN, District Judge, Rhode Island.

SECOND CIRCUIT.

Hon. RUFUS W. PECKHAM, Circuit Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM J. WALLACE, Circuit Judge.
Hon. E. HENRY LACOMBE, Circuit Judge..

Hon. NATHANIEL SHIPMAN, Circuit Judge.

Hon. WILLIAM K. TOWNSEND, District Judge, Connecticut.
Hon. ALFRED C. COXE, District Judge, N. D. New York.
Hon. ADDISON BROWN, District Judge, S. D. New York.
Hon. CHARLES L. BENEDICT, District Judge, E. D. New York.
Hon. ASA W. TENNEY, District Judge, E. D. New York.4
Hon. EDWARD B. THOMAS, District Judge, E. D. New York.
Hon. HOYT H. WHEELER, District Judge, Vermont.

THIRD CIRCUIT.

Hon. GEORGE SHIRAS, Jr., Circuit Justice.
Hon. MARCUS W. ACHESON, Circuit Judge.

Hon. GEORGE M. DALLAS, Circuit Judge.

Hon. EDWARD G. BRADFORD, District Judge, Delaware.
Hon. ANDREW KIRKPATRICK, District Judge, New Jersey.

Hon. WILLIAM BUTLER, District Judge, E. D. Pennsylvania.
Hon. JOSEPH BUFFINGTON, District Judge, W. D. Pennsylvania.

'Deceased November 21, 1897.

'Commissioned January 10, 1898.

'Resigned June 5, 1897, to take effect on appointment of successor.

4 Confirmed July 8, 1897. Deceased December 10, 1897.

'Commissioned February 15, 1898.

'Confirmed May 11, 1897.