MACON, GEORGIA:

J. W. BURKE & CO., PUBLISHERS. COLLEGR

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by

HENRY JACKSON,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

OF THE

SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA,

DURING THE PERIOD OF THESE REPORTS.

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Augusta.
Marietta.

Atlanta Circuit............ HON. JOHN L. HOPKINS.......... Atlanta.
Augusta Circuit..... ....HON. WILLIAM GIBSON..
Blue Ridge Circuit........ Hox. NOEL B. KNIGHT...............
Brunswick Circuit......... HON. W. M. SESSIONS.......
Chattahoochee Circuit... HON. JAMES JOHNSON..
Cherokee Circuit.......... HON. CICERO D. McCсTCHEN

HON. HUGH BUCHANAN.....
HON. WILLIAM SCHLEY...

Blackshear.

.....Columbus.

Dalton.
.Newnan.

.Savannah.

Coweta Circuit.......

Eastern Circuit...

Flint Circuit........

Pataula Circuit............ HON. DAVID B. HARRELL*.

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Bartow.

Washington. ..Monticello.

Hawkinsville.

.Preston.

Southern Circuit........... HoN. JOHN R. ALEXANDER*......Thomasville. ..HON. AUGUSTUS H. HANSELL....Thomasville. Southwestern Circuit..... HoN. JAMES M. CLARK........... Americus. Western Circuit......... HON. C. D. DAVIS*........

.Monroe.

............ HON. GEORGE D. Rice..............Gainesville.

*The terms of office of Judges TWIGGS, HARRELL, ALEXANDER and DAVIS having expired on January 1st, 1873, Judges JOHNSON, KIDDOO, HANSELL and RICE were respectively commissioned as their successors.