MR. JUSTICE LAMAR delivered the opinion of the court.
Congress, by the act of June 6, 1900 (31 Stat. 321, 322, c. 786), established a District Court for Alaska with general civil and criminal jurisdiction. There were three judges, who though given jurisdiction over the entire District were required to reside in that one of the three Divisions to which they were respectively assigned by the President. On December 29, 1908, the Grand Jury of the Third Division indicted...
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