DECIDED IN THE

CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS

OF THE

UNITED STATES. Circuit court.

FOR THE

(NINTH CIRCUIT.)

EMBRACING CASES AT LAW, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL, IN EQUITY,
ADMIRALTY AND BANKRUPTCY, AND CASES ON APPEAL
FROM THE AMERICAN CONSULAR AND MINIS-
TERIAL COURTS, IN CHINA AND JAPAN.

REPORTED BY

L. S. B. SAWYER,

COUNSELOR AT LAW.

VOLUME II.

SAN FRANCISCO:

A. L. BANCROFT AND COMPANY,
LAW BOOK PUBLISHERS, BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS.

1875.

LIBRARY OF THE LELAND STANDARD JR. UNIVERSITY.

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By A. L. BANCROFT & COMPANY,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

JUDGES

OF THE

U.S. CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS,

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT.

HON. STEPHEN J. FIELD,
Justice of the Supreme Court allotted to the Circuit.

HON. LORENZO SAWYER,

Circuit Judge.

DISTRICT JUDGES.

HON. OGDEN HOFFMAN, ... District of California.

HON. MATTHEW P. DEADY,

District of Oregon.