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 216 FEDERAL REPORTER. �his work on the evidence of accomplices, pp. 98, 99, and ■which is as foUows: "The confirmation ought to be in such and so many parts of the accomplice's narrative as may rea- sonably satisfy the jury that lie ia telling truth without restricting the confirmation to any particular points, and leaving the effect of such confirmation (which may vary in its effect aecording to the nature and circumstances of the particu- lar case) to the consideration of the jury, aided in that consid- eration by the observations of the judge. See 1 Greenleaf Ev. § 381, note 1. This is, I think, a safe and sound rule, with, perhaps, a single modification. The corroborating evidence should not be extended to such acts in the witness' narrative as are generally known, but should be confined to tbose mat- ters which, -whether in themselves material to conviction or not, are seen to be well calculated to btrengthen and confirm the truth of his story. ���In re Welge. (District Court, E. B. Mimouri. ISSO.) �BaîTKHUPTCT — AsSIftNEE — ALLO WANCE FOIS SrUVK ES AS AtTOIINEY. — The �court in its discretion can allow an assignee in !)iinkruptcy additional compensation for his services as an attonicy iit iaw in tlic conduct of necessary litigation for the preservation of the bankruptestate. �Motion to set aside extra allowance to an assignee in bank- ruptcy for services rendered as an attora.ij at Iaw. �David Goldsmith, assignee, in propria pcrsona. �S. N. HoUiday, for creditors. �Tkeat, J. The motion in this caso raises the logal ques- tion whether under any circumstances au assignee in bank- ruptcycan be allowed, by way of additioaal compenaation, any sum whatever for his services as attoiiiey in the conduct of necessary litigation for the preservation of a bankrupt estate. The doctrine of trusts forbids the trustee to specu- late for his own benefit, but leaves to the ehancellor to deter- mine what the measure of his compensation should be. �An assignee, with the consent of court, can bave an attor- ��� �