MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after stating the facts, delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a very confused record. There would seem to be two bills of exceptions, one containing the evidence and the other reciting certain exceptions, but containing no part of the evidence taken upon the trial. Both seem to have been signed by the judge who tried the case, while neither purports to have been signed by him until months subsequent to the day of trial.
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