Mr. Chief Justice MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.
The defendant was the manager of a lottery, drawn in pursuance of an ordinance of the Corporation of Washington, and gave his bond to the corporation in the penalty of 10,000 dollars, conditioned "truly and impartially to execute the duty and authority vested in him by the ordinance."
The declaration was on the penalty of the bond; after oyer of which, and of the condition, the defendant pleaded...
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