United States v. Villanua

Rodey, Judge,

delivered tbe following opinion:

This is an indictment against tbe defendant for an alleged violation of the anti-lottery acts. Tbe indictment sets forth that tbe defendant “did unlawfully and knowingly then and there bring and cause to be brought into tbe United States from abroad, that is to say, within tbe district of Porto Pico of tbe United States, from the Republic of Santo Domingo, fifteen hundred papers, certificates, or instruments, purporting to be and represent tickets and chances in, and dependent upon tbe result of, a certain lottery offering prizes depending upon lot…