Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1843,

by OCTAVIS PICKERING,

in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts

JUDGES

OF THE

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT

DURING THE TIME OF THIS VOLUME OF REPORTS.

HON. LEMUEL SHAW, CHIEF JUSTICE,

HON. SAMUEL PUTNAM,

JUSTICES.

HON. SAMUEL S. WILDE,
HON. MARCUS MORTON,

ATTORNEY-GENERAL.

HON. JAMES T. AUSTIN