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COHENS v. VIRGINIA

19 U.S. 264 (1821)

6 Wheat. 264

COHENS v. VIRGINIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

March 2, 1821.

March 5, 1821.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Barbour, for the defendant in error.

Mr. D.B. Ogden, for the plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Webster, contra.

Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a writ of error to a judgment rendered in the Court of Hustings for the borough of Norfolk, on an information for selling lottery tickets, contrary to an act of the Legislature of Virginia. In the State Court, the defendant claimed the protection of an act of Congress. A case was agreed between the parties, which states the act of Assembly on which the...

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