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 register of the land office at Quincy, dated, which is in the words and figures following, to wit;” and that the said certificate, thus referred to, is not inserted in the exception, nor its contents stated in any part of the transcript, on consideration whereof, it is now here ordered by this court, that a writ of certiorari be and the same is hereby awarded, to be issued forthwith, and to be directed to the judges of the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Illinois, commanding them to supply the omission above mentioned, and return a full and correct transcript to this court, with this writ, on or before the first day of the next term of this court.

was a motion for a mandamus to be directed to the judges of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Minnesota, commanding them to vacate and set aside an order of the court, passed at January term, 1856, whereby the said Secombe was removed from his office as an attorney and counsellor of that court.

The subject was brought before this court by the following petition and documents in support of it:

To the Hon. the Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States:

The petition of David A. Secombe respectfully showeth:

That he resides in the city of St. Anthony, in the Territory of Minnesota; that on the ninth day of July, 1852, he was duly admitted and sworn to practice as an attorney and