ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

CIRCUIT COURTS

OF THE

UNITED STATES

FOR THE

FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.

REPORTED BY

WILLIAM B. WOODS,

THE CIRCUIT JUDGE.

VOL. II.'

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JUDGES

OF THE

CIRCUIT COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES

FOR THE

FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.

HON. JOSEPH P. BRADLEY, CIRCUIT JUSTICE,
HON. WILLIAM B. WOODS, CIRCUIT JUDGE.

DISTRICT JUDGES:

HON. JOHN ERSKINE,

DISTRICTS OF GEORGIA.

HON. JAMES W. LOCKE,

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA.

HON. JOHN BRUCE,

DISTRICTS OF ALABAMA.

HON. ROBERT A. HILL,

DISTRICTS OF MISSISSIPPI. |

HON. EDWARD COKE BILLINGS,

DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA.

HON. AMOS MORRILL,

EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS.

HON. THOMAS H. DUVAL,

WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS.

The office of United States District Judge for the Northern District of Florida became vacant on July 26, 1876, on the death of Hon. PHILIP FRASER.