ARGUED AND DETERMINED

IN THE

CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS

OF THE

UNITED STATES,

YOR THE

SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.

BY
JOSIAH H. BISSELL, ,

OF THE CHICAGO BAR,
OFFICIAL REPORTER.

VOL. V.–1851-1874.

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1876.

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JUDGES

SITTING IN THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, 1869–1874.

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Hon. DAVID DAVIS,
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED

States.
Alloted to the Seventh Circuit. Appointed December 8, 1862.

Hon. THOMAS DRUMMOND,

CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. Appointed December 22, 1869. District Judge since Feb

,

ruary 19, 1850.

Hon. ANDREW G. MILLER,
DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE Eastern DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN.
Appointed June 12, 1848. Resigned November 11, 1873

Deceased September 30, 1874.

Hon. SAMUEL H. TREAT,
DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE SOUTHERN District OF ILLINOIS.

Appointed March 3, 1855.

Hon. WALTER Q. GRESHAM,
DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF INDIANA.

Appointed December 21, 1869.

Hon. HENRY W. BLODGETT,
DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS.

Appointed January 11, 1870.

Hon. JAMES C. HOPKINS,
DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN.

Appointed July 9, 1870.

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