Mr. Justice CLIFFORD stated the case, and delivered the opinion of the court.
Examination of the exceptions to the instructions of the court will first be made, as they give rise to the principal questions presented for decision.
Exception was taken by the defendant to that part of the charge of the court in which the jury were told that the Navy Department, in requiring the principal in the bond to perform duties as purser which would have been performed...
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