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Published Monthly at £4.00 per Annum. Single Numbers 50 Cents. Communications in regard to the contents of the Magazine should be addressed to the Editor, S. R. Wrightington, 31 State Street, Boston, Mass. The Editor will be gfai to receive contributions of articles of moderate length upon subjects of interest to the profession; also anything in the way of legal antiquities or curiosities, facetim, and anecdotes. THE REPORT OF THE ATTORNEYGENERAL. The publication of the advance sheets of the report of the Attorney-General of the United States for the year 1906, calls atten tion to two matters in particular of interest to the profession. Mr. Moody renews his recommendation of a provision granting the United States the right to a review upon questions of law in criminal cases. Within the last year there have been several instances showing the great public interest in such a law. The blow which wounded most was the decision of Judge Humphrey of Chicago, under an indictment against the beef packers which has been given such notoriety, but other enactments of Con gress are called to attention, which have been rendered nugatory by the adverse decision of inferior tribunals. There seems little reason for opposition to this recommendation, and it is hoped that by public discussion the atten tion of Congress will be forcibly directed to this amendment of the law. Indeed, the most recent reports indicate the likelihood of some legislation on this subject at the present session. The most striking feature of the report, however, is the publication of the results of the litigation instituted by the United States under the Sherman Anti-Trust Law and Inter state Commerce Law. The public has real ized that under the present administration much more energy has been shown in these prosecutions, but the exact extent of its ac complishments and the importance of some of the points determined had not been fully appreciated. From the date of the enact ment of the Sherman Act Law to the beginning of President Roosevelt's administration in 1 90 1, sixteen proceedings were begun and

have been concluded. Five of them were indictments in all of which the government failed, and eleven were petitions in equity in which the government prevailed in eight and failed in three. Under the present adminis tration twenty-three proceedings have been begun, seven of which have been concluded and sixteen are pending. Ten of these were indictments, and thirteen petitions in equity. In the seven which have been concluded the government had prevailed. It is to be noted, however, that some of the others have been practically abandoned. Prosecutions under the Interstate Com merce Act have also been exceedingly vigor ous. Seventy-seven indictments have been returned, of which fifty-three are pending and two have been disposed of, with the result of eighteen convictions, three discontinuances, two verdicts of not guilty, and one demurrer to indictment sustained. Upon these indict ments, thirteen corporations and seventeen individuals have been found guilty. The total amount of fines imposed upon these indictments has been $416,125. Since publi cation of the report the largest single fine namely, $168,000, has been imposed upon and paid by the American Sugar Refining Com pany and its subsidiary companies, making a total of over $600,000 imposed in one year. LABOR INJUNCTIONS. Thk insistence of labor unions on reform in the issue of injunctions, though open to criti cism in many respects, has forced upon the public attention an apparent abuse of this equitable process and an extraordinarily arti ficial situation which has resulted therefrom. In a recent article in the Titties Magazine for December, on the effects of labor injunctions, it is stated that in Chicago where this litiga tion has been most conspicuous and extensive,