OF CASES DETERMINED IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT, FROM OCTOBER TERM, 1861, TO OCTOBER TERM, 1867, BY HON. NATHAN CLIFFORD, LL. D., ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, ASSIGNED TO SAID CIRCUIT, WILLIAM HENRY CLIFFORD, COUNSELLOR AT LAW, REPORTER. VOLUME II. BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. LIBRARY OF THE` LELAND STANFORD, JR, UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY PREss: Welch, Bigelow, & Co., JUDGES OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS IN THE FIRST CIRCUIT DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS. HON. NATHAN CLIFFORD, LL. D., ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT. HON. ASHUR WARE, DISTRICT JUDGE OF MAINE. Resigned, 1866. HON. EDWARD FOX, APPOINTED DISTRICT JUDGE OF MAINE, MAY, 1866. HON. MATTHEW HARVEY, DISTRICT JUDGE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. Deceased April 7, 1866. HON. DANIEL CLARKE, APPOINTED DISTRICT JUDGE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1866. HON. PELEG SPRAGUE, DISTRICT JUDGE OF MASSACHUSETTS. Retired March Term, 1864. HON. JOHN LOWELL, APPOINTED DISTRICT JUDGE OF MASSACHUSETTS, 1865. HON. JOHN PITMAN, DISTRICT JUDGE OF RHODE ISLAND. Deceased November, 1864. HON. JONATHAN RUSSELL BULLOCK, APPOINTED DISTRICT JUDGE OF RHODE ISLAND, 1865. |