PREFACE.

One of the District Judges having suggested that he experienced considerable difficulty in finding Federal decisions on points of criminal law, it was deemed advisable to insert a few cases of that character in this volume.

An effort was made to bring the decisions down to July 1, 1882, but the publishers found that this would make the book too large, and wholly out of proportion to the first volume.

ROSEDALE, by SPRINGDALE,

Near MEMPHIS, Sept. 21, 1882.

W. S. F.

NAMES OF JUDGES WHOSE OPINIONS ARE REPORTED HEREIN.

Hon. NOAH H. SWAYNE, (late) Associate Justice Supreme Court.

Hon. HALMER H. EMMONS, (late) Circuit Judge.

Hon. JOHN BAXTER, Circuit Judge.

Hon. HENRY B. BROWN, District Judge, Eastern Michigan.
Hon. MARTIN WELKER, District Judge, Northern Ohio.
Hon. SOLOMON L. WITHEY, District Judge, Western Michigan.
Hon. PHILIP B. SWING, District Judge, Southern Ohio.
Hon. ELI SHELBY HAMMOND, District Judge, Western Ten-

nessee.

Hon. CONNALLY F. TRIGG, (late) District Judge, Middle Tennessee.

Hon. BLAND BALLARD, (late) District Judge, District of Kentucky.

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City Bank of Paducah v. City of Paducah.

61

Clifton, Jones, Adm., v.

191

Commerford v. Thompson

611

Crane, Breed & Breed v. City Ins. Co. of Pittsburg... 576