DECIDED IN THE

CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS

OF THE

UNITED STATES

FOR THE

NINTH CIRCUIT.

EMBRACING CASES AT LAW, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL, IN EQUITY,
ADMIRALTY AND BANKRUPTCY, AND CASES ON APPEAL
FROM THE AMERICAN CONSULAR AND MINIS- ·
TERIAL COURTS, IN CHINA.AND JAPAN.

REPORTED BY

L. S. B. SAWYER,"

COUNSELOR AT JAW.

VOLUME II.

SAN FRANCISCO:

A. L. BANCROFT AND COMPANY,
LAW BOOK PUBLISHERS, BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS.

1875.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875,

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JUDGES

OF THE

U.S. CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS,

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT.

HON. STEPHEN J. FIELD,
Justice of the Supreme Court allotted to the Circuit.

HON. LORENZO SAWYER,