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 UNITED STATES V. WBBDOK. 623 �United States v. Weedon and otheK. ^Circuit Ooiirt, D. Maryland. July 27, 1880.) �1. Iiîtbrnai.Ketentje—Stamp8— Friction Matoheb— Member ofMan- �TJFACTUBiNa FiHM— Rev. St. { 3425.— Section 3425 of the Revised Statutes provides, in eSect, that the comiuissioner of internai revenue may, from time to time, deliver to any manufacturer of friction matches a suitable quantity of adhesive stamps, sucft as are required in that business by law, without requiring prepayment therefor, on a credit of 60 days, upon such security as he may deem sufflcient. Udi^ that a person who is a member of a flrm engaged in the manufacture of friction matches, is amanufàcturerof friction inatches, with whom the government may dea! as such. �2. Sahe — Revende Agent— EvedenCb. — Evidence in this case Tuïd in- �sufficient to establish the fact that the stamps were funiished such person as an internai revenue agent. �A. Sterling, Jr., for plaintiff. �F. W. Brune, S. T. Wallace, and B. W. Mirter, for defend- ants. �Bond, G. J. This is a writ of errer from the district court to the circuit court, alleging errors in the instructions of the district court to the jury at the trial of the cause. The suit was brought by the United States upon a bond given by one James H. Weedon, as principal, and Anderson H. Armistead, George. C. Hicks, and John I. Armistead, as sureties, which •was conditioned as follows : �"The condition of the foregoing obligation is such that, whereas, the said James H. Weedon is a manufacturer of friction matches ; �"And, whereas, under the provisions of the one hundred and sixty-first section of an act entitled 'An act to provide internalrevenue to support the government, to pay interest on the public debt, and for other purposes,' approved June 30, 1864, the commissioner of internai revenue is authOrized from time to time to furnish, supply, and deliver tô any manufacturer of friction or other matches, cigar lights, or ■wax tapers a suitable quantity of' adhesive or othter stamps, euch as may be prescribed for use in such cases, 'without pre- payment therefor, on a credit not exceeding 60 days, requir- ����