OF

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

Circuit Court of the United States

FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT.

BY SAMUEL BLATCHFORD,

REPORTER OF THE COURT.

VOLUME II.

New-York:

JOHN S. VOORHIES, LAW BOOKSELLER AND PUBLISHER,

No. 20 NASSAU STREET.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, by

SAMUEL BLATCHFORD,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.

SAM

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, NEW YORK, SOUTHERN DISTRICT.

ALFRED CONKLING,*

NATHAN K. HALL,*

NEW YORK, NORTHERN DISTRICT.

SAMUEL PRENTISS, VERMONT.

ANDREW T. JUDSON, CONNECTICUT.

* The Honorable NATHAN K. HALL was appointed District Judge for the Northern District of New York, August 31st, 1852, in place of the Honorable ALFRED CONKLING, resigned.