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The Information of John Beadle< no role > Junior
of Erith in the County of Kent Custom House
Officer Taken upon Oath this 14th. day of May 1787
before me James Townsend< no role > Esquire one of the
Aldermen of the [..] City of London

Saith that on Monday the seventh Instant Richard
Richard, and John Rockwal< no role > Officer, of Excise came and
desired the assistance of this Informant and his Father to go
and assist them in seizure a Cart with run Goods at the
Leather Bottle Inn in Northfleet of which they had
Information and having got to the Inn they seized a Cart
and about a Ton Weight of Tobacco therein for not being
in the Original Package when removed and not having
a Certificate to accompany its Removal and having
procured two Horses to removed the seizure to Greenhath
Richard Horlock< no role > the Landlord asked this Informant
to Compromise the Matter to which he answered it
could not be down and they drove the Horses and Cart
towards London and near to a Placed called Gulley
Hile they were overtaken by Five Men on Horse Back
two of which Informant had seen before at this
Inn when the seizure was made and the Prisoner now
under Examination is one of these two that the Five