JOSEPH HENRY BEALE, Jr., A.M., LL.B.
PROFESSOR OF LAW IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON, D.C.
JOHN BYRNE & CO.
LAW PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS
1900
Copyrighted, 1900
BY
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TO
SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY,
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