Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by JAMES KAY, Jr., and Brother, in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1861, by in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE: DEDICATION TO THE FIRST EDITION. TO THE HON. JOHN K. KANE, JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA. SIR: I beg leave to present to you the following volume, prepared during the period in which, as Attorney General of Pennsylvania, you were pleased to associate me with yourself in the prosecution of the pleas of the Commonwealth. It affords me great pleasure to take this opportunity, at the close of the connection which was thus established, of expressing my sense of the generous confidence and the powerful support with which you honored me while that connection lasted. It was my good fortune to witness the unspotted honor, the eminent ability, the varied accomplishments, and the professional skill, with which you executed the duties of the office you then occupied; and I earnestly hope that for many years you will continue to adorn with the same high qualifications the judicial station since been called to fill. have you RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY. With great respect, I remain Your obliged servant and friend, FRANCIS WHARTON. PHILADELPHIA, August 20, 1846. V |