THE

FEDERAL REPORTER.

VOLUME 124.

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS AND CIRCUIT

AND DISTRICT COURTS OF THE

UNITED STATES.

PERMANENT EDITION

SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER, 1903.

A TABLE OF STATUTES CONSTRUED IS GIVEN

IN THE INDEX.

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FEDERAL REPORTER, VOLUME 124.

JUDGES

OF THE

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS AND THE CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS.

FIRST CIRCUIT.

Hon. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, Circuit Justice......
Hon. LE BARON B. COLT, Circuit Judge......
Hon. WILLIAM L. PUTNAM, Circuit Judge....
Hon. CLARENCE HALE, District Judge, Maine
Hon. EDGAR ALDRICH, District Judge, New Hampshire.....
Hon. FRANCIS C. LOWELL, District Judge, Massachusetts.
Hon. ARTHUR L BROWN, District Judge, Rhode Island.

SECOND CIRCUIT.

Hon. RUFUS W. PECKHAM, Circuit Justice....
Hon. WILLIAM J. WALLACE, Circuit Judge....
Hon. E. HENRY LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.

Hon. WILLIAM K. TOWNSEND, Circuit Judge ............

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.Washington, D. C. .......Albany, N. Y.

Hon. ALFRED C. COXE, Circuit Judge

.New York, N. Y. .New Haven, Conn. ....Utica, N. Y. Hon. GEORGE C. HOLT, District Judge, S. D. New York .New York, N. Y. Hon. JAMES P. PLATT, District Judge, Connecticut. .Hartford, Conn. Hon. GEORGE W. RAY, District Judge, N. D. New York .Norwich, N. Y. Hon. GEORGE B. ADAMS, District Judge, S. D. New York .............New York, N. Y. Hon. EDWARD B. THOMAS, District Judge, E. D. New York....29 Liberty St., New York. Hon. HOYT H. WHEELER, District Judge, Vermont.... Hon. JOHN R. HAZEL, District Judge, W. D. New York. ........

.Washington, D. C. ....... Bristol, R. I.

...Portland, Me. .....Portland, Me. ..Littleton, N. H. ........Boston, Mass. ....Providence, R. I.

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....Brattleboro, Vt. .......Buffalo, N. Y.

THIRD CIRCUIT.

Hon. HENRY B. BROWN, Circuit Justice ...... ..Washington, D. C. Hon. MARCUS W. ACHESON, Circuit Judge.... .Pittsburgh, Pa. Hon. GEORGE M. DALLAS, Circuit Judge..... .Philadelphia, Pa. Hon. GEORGE GRAY, Circuit Judge Wilmington, Del. Hon. EDWARD G. BRADFORD, District Judge, Delaware..................Wilmington, Del. Hon. ANDREW KIRKPATRICK, District Judge, New Jersey...............Newark, N. J. Hon. JOHN B. MCPHERSON, District Judge, E. D. Pennsylvania......Philadelphia, Pa. Hon. ROBERT WODROW ARCHBALD, District Judge, M. D. Pennsylvania..Scranton, Pa. Hon. JOSEPH BUFFINGTON, District Judge, W. D. Pennsylvania..........Pittsburgh, Pa.

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