THIS BOOK DOES NOT CIRCULATE

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THE

FEDERAL REPORTER.

VOLUME 83.

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS AND CIRCUIT

AND DISTRICT COURTS OF THE

UNITED STATES.

PERMANENT EDITION.

JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 1898.

A TABLE OF STATUTES CONSTRUED IS GIVEN

IN THE INDEX.

ST. PAUL:

WEST PUBLISHING CO.

COPYRIGHT, 1898,

BY

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY.

JUDGES

OF THE

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
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. 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.s
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.

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