Argument of Richard T. Merrick, special assistant attorney-general, in case of the United States vs. John W. Dorsey, John R. Miner, John M. Peck, Stephen W. Dorsey, Harvey M. Vaile, Montford C. Rerdell, Thomas J. Brady, and William H. Turner, in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, August 24, 25, and 28, 1882