OF CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE Circuit Court of the United States FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. BY SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN VOLUME V. NEW YORK: BAKER, VOORHIS & CO., PUBLISHERS, 66 NASSAU STREET. 1869. Eutered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, by SAMUEL BLATCHFORD, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York. JUDGES OF THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE SECOND CIRCUIT DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS. SAMUEL NELSON, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. DISTRICT JUDGES. SAMUEL R. BETTS,* SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW SAMUEL BLATCHFORD,* YORK. NATHAN K. HALL, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. CHARLES L. BENEDICT,+ EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. DAVID A. SMALLEY, VERMONT. WILLIAM D. SHIPMAN, CONNECTICUT. *The Honorable SAMUEL BLATCHFORD was appointed, on the 3d of May, 1867, District Judge for the Southern District of New York, in the place of the Honorable SAMUEL R. BETTS, resigned. The Eastern District of New York was created by the Act of February 25th, 1865, (13 U. S. Stat. at Large, 438,) and, on the 9th of March, 1865, the Honorable CHARLES L. BENEDICT was appointed District Judge for said District. |