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The Information of
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14th. day of May 1787
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one of the
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Aldermen of the
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Saith that on Monday the seventh Instant Richard
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Richard, and
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Officer, of Excise came and
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desired the assistance of this Informant and his Father to go
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and assist them in seizure a Cart with run Goods at the
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Information and having got to the Inn they seized a Cart
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and about a Ton Weight of Tobacco therein for not being
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in the Original Package when removed and not having
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a Certificate to accompany its Removal and having
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procured two Horses to removed the seizure to Greenhath
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the Landlord asked this Informant
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to Compromise the Matter to which he answered it
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could not be down and they drove the Horses and Cart
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towards
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and near to a Placed called Gulley
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Hile they were overtaken by Five Men on Horse Back
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two of which Informant had seen before at this
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Inn when the seizure was made and the Prisoner now
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under Examination is one of these two that the Five
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