THE

FEDERAL REPORTER.

VOLUME 53.

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN TIIR

CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS AND CIRCUIT
AND DISTRICT COURTS OF THE

UNITED STATES.

PERMANENT EDITION.

JANUARY-APRIL, 1893.

ST. PAUL:
WEST PUBLISHING CO.

1893.

COPYRIGHT, 1893,

BY

WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY

JURISPRUDENCE

FEDERAL REPORTER, VOLUME 53.

JUDGES

OF THB

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.
Hon. GEORGE M. CARPENTER, DISTRICT JUDGE, RHODE ISLAND.

SECOND CIRCUIT.

Hon. SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.
Hon. WILLIAM J. WALLACE, SENIOR CIRCUIT JUDGE.
Hon. E. HENRY LACOMBE, JUNIOR 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. HOYT H. WHEELER, DISTRICT JUDGE, VERMONT.

THIRD CIRCUIT

Hon. GEORGE SHIRAS, JR., CIRCUIT JUSTICE. 1
Hon. MARCUS W. ACHESON, CIRCUIT JUDGE.
Hon. GEORGE M. DALLAS, CIRCUIT JUDGE.
Hon. LEONARD E. WALES, DISTRICT JUDGE, DELAWARE

Hon. EDWARD T. GREEN, DISTRICT JUDGE, NEW JERSEY.
Hon. WILLIAM BUTLER, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. PENNSYLVANIA
Hon. JOSEPH BUFFINGTON, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. PENNSYLVANIA

FOURTH CIRCUIT.

HON. MELVILLE W. FULLER. CIRCUIT JUSTICE
Hon. HUGH L. BOND, CIRCUIT JUDGE.
Hon. NATHAN GOFF, CIRCUIT JUDGE.
Hon. THOMAS J. MORRIS, DISTRICT JUDGE, MARYLAND.
HON. AUGUSTUS S. SEYMOUR, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. NORTH CAROLINA
Hon. ROBERT P. DICK, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. NORTH CAROLINA.
Hon. CHARLES H. SIMONTON, DISTRIOT JUDGE, SOUTH CAROLINA.
Hon. ROBERT W. HUGHES, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. VIRGINIA.
Hon. JOHN PAUL, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. VIRGINIA,
HON. JOHN J. JACKSON, JR., DISTRICT JUDGE, WEST VIRGINIA.

FIFTH CIRCUIT

Hon. LUCIUS Q. C. LAMAR, CIRCUIT JUSTICE. 1
Hon. HOWELL E. JACKSON, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.3
Hon. DON A. PARDEE, CIRCUIT JUDGE.
Hon. A. P. McCORMICK, CIRCUIT JUDGE.
Hon. JOHN BRUCE, DISTRICT JUDGE, M. AND N. D. ALABAMA.
HON. HARRY T. TOULMIN, DISTRICT JUDGE, S. D. ALABAMA
Hon. CHARLES SWAYNE, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. FLORIDA
HON. JAMES W. LOCKE, DISTRICT JUDGE, S. D. FLORIDA.
Hon. WILLIAM T. NEWMAN, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. GEORGIA.
Hon. EMORY SPEER, DISTRICT JUDGE, S. D. GEORGIA.
Hon. EDWARD C. BILLINGS, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. LOUISIANA
HON. ALECK BOARMAN, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. LOUISIANA.
HON. HENRY C. NILES, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. AND S. D. MISSISSIPPL
Hon. DAVID E. BRYANT, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. TEXAS.
Hon. JOHN B. RECTOR, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. TEXAS.
Hon. THOMAS S. MAXEY, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. TEXAS.

SIXTH CIRCUIT

Hon. JOIN WATSON BARR, DISTRICT JUDGE, KENTUCKY.
Hon. HENRY H. SWAN, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. MICHIGAN.
Hon. HENRY F. SEVERENS, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. MICHIGAN.
Hon. AUGUSTUS J. RICKS, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. Ohio.
Hon. GEORGE R. SAGE, DISTRICT JUDGE, S. D. OHIO.
Hon. D. M. KEY, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. AND M. D. TENNESSEE
Hon. ELI S. HAMMOND, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. TENNESSER,

SEVENTH CIRCUIT.

Hon. JOHN M. HARLAN, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.
Hon. WALTER Q. GRESHAM, CIRCUIT JUDGE. 1
HON. JAMES G. JENKINS, CIRCUIT JUDGE.2
Hon. WILLIAM A. WOODS, CIRCUIT JUDGE.
HON. HENRY W. BLODGETT, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. ILLINOIS, 8
Hon. PETER S. GROSSCUP, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. ILLINOIS. 4
HON. WILLIAM J. ALLEN, DISTRICT JUDGE, S. D. ILLINOIS.
Hon. JOHN H. BAKER, DISTRICT JUDGE, INDIANA.
Hon. JAMES G. JENKINS, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. WISCONSIN. 2
Hon. WILLIAM H. SEAMAN, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. WISCONSIN.8
HON. ROMANZO BUNN, 'DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. WISCONSIN.

EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

Hon. DAVID J. BREWER, CIRCUIT JUSTICE.
Hon. HENRY C. CALDWELL, CIRCUIT JUDGE.
Hon. WALTER H. SANBORN, CIRCUIT JUDGE.
HON. JOHN A. WILLIAMS, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. ARKANSAS.
Hon. ISAAC C. PARKER, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. ARKANSAS.
Hon. MOSES HALLETT, DISTRICT JUDGE, COLORADO.
Hox. OLIVER P. SHIRAS, DISTRICT JUDGE, N. D. Iowa.
Hon. JOHN S. WOOLSON, DISTRICT JUDGE, S. D. IOWA.
Hon. CASSIUS G. FOSTER, DISTRICT JUDGE, KANSAS.
HON. RENSSELAER R. NELSON, DISTRICT JUDGE, MINNESOTA.
Hon. AMOS M. THAYER, DISTRICT JUDGE, E. D. MISSOURI.
Hon. JOHN F. PHILIPS, DISTRICT JUDGE, W. D. MISSOURL
Hon. ELMER S. DUNDY, DISTRICT JUDGE, NEBRASKA.
Hon. ALFRED D. THOMAS, DISTRICT JUDGE, NORTH DAKOTA.
Hon. ALONZO J. EDGERTON, DISTRICT JUDGE, SOUTH DAKOTA.
Hon. JOHN A. RINER, DISTRICT JUDGE, WYOMING.