All  causes,  the  records  in  which  shall  be  delivered  to  the
Clerk  on  or  before  the  sixth  day  of  a  term,  shall  be  consi-
dered as  for  trial  in  the  course  of  that  term.  Where  the  re-
cord shall  be  delivered  after  the  sixth  day  of  that  term,
either  party  will  be  entitled  to  a  continuance.  In  all  cases
where  a  writ  of  ertor  shall  be  a  supersedeas  to  a  judgment
rendered  in  any  Circuit  Court  of  the  United  States,  except

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that  for  the  District  of  Columbia,  at  least  thirty  days  pre-
vious to  the  commencement  of  any  term  of  this  Court,  it
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  plaintiff  in  error  to.  lodge  a  cgpy  of
the  record  with  th^  Clerk  of  this  Court  within  the  first  six
days  of  the  term ;  and  if  he  shall  fail  so  to  do,  the  defen-
dant in  error  shall  be  permitted  afterwards  to  lodge  a  copy
of  the  record  with  the  Clerk,  and  the  cause  shall  stand  for
trial  in  Uke  manner  as  if  the  record  had  come  up  within  the
first  six  days ;  or  he  may,  on  producing  a  certificate  from
the  Clerk,  stating  the  cause,  and  that  a  writ  of  error  has
been  sued  out,  which  operates  as  a  supersedeas  to  the  judg-
ment, have  the  said  writ  of  error  docketed  and  dismissed.
This  rule  shall  apply  to  all  judgments  rendered  by  the  Court
for  the  District  of  Columbia  at  any  time  prior  to  a  session  of
this  Court.
