United States v. 350 Chests of Tea

This was a libel filed in the District: Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York, in the name of the United States, against 350 chests of hyson skin tea. imported from Canton in • the ship Benjamin Rush, as forfeited to the use of the United States. The libel charges, that the chests of teas were seized by the collector of the customs, for the District of Philadelphia, on the 6th of December, in the year 1825, at the city of New-York, on waters navigable from the sea by vessels of ten or more tons burthen, and alleges three distinct grounds of forfeiture. FDst, that…