LIVINGSTON, J. delivered the opinion of the Court as follows:
The Defendant was indicted under the act to enforce 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.
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