United States v. Tyler

The Defendant was indicted under the act to enforcé' the embargo laws passed the 9th January, 1809, for loading on carriages, within the district of Vermont, nineteen barrels of pearl-ashes, with intent to transport the same without the United States: to wit, into the province of Canada.

On a plea of not guilty, the jury returned the following written verdict; which was recorded.

“ The jury find that the said John Tyler is guilty of “the charge alleged against him in said indictment, “ and that the said pot-ashes were worth two hundred « and eighty dollars.”

The Defendant moved in arrest of…