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<p n="99"> <note type="authorial" place="margin">Midd. ss.</note>
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Whereas a Complaint & Informacon exhibited before as <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50136_n99-1">James Hawley</rs>
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& <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50136_n99-2">Henry Box</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50136_occ14">Esqr</rs>
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. two<obscured></obscured>
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her Maties. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50136_occ15">Justices of ye Peace</rs>
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for the <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50136_geo29">Sd. County of Middx</rs>
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the <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50136_date19">one & twentieth day of December last</rs>
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by <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50136_n99-3">Charles Parry</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50136_occ16">Esqr</rs>
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. <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50136_occ17">Collector of Excise</rs>
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agst. <rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50136_n99-4">Stephen Ribelean</rs>
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of <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50136_geo30"> <rs type="placeName" id="LMSMPS50136_geo31">Hamersmith</rs>
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in the Sd. County of Middx</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50136_occ18">Distiller</rs>
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Importing that for three months then last past & longer & within ye. Juritdiccon of us the Sd.<lb></lb>
Justices that is to say at Hamersmith aforesd. the Sd. Stephen Ribelean continued to be & then was a<lb></lb>
coman Distiller of Low Wines & Spiritts for Sale & exportacon, And ye during the time aforesaid One<lb></lb>
<rs type="persName" id="LMSMPS50136_n99-5">James Leroo</rs>
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continued to be & then was a <rs type="occupation" id="LMSMPS50136_occ19">Gager & Officer of Excise</rs>
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duely constituted appointed and<lb></lb>
qualifyed And ye they ye Sd. Stephen & James soe<gap reason="illegible"></gap>
respectively being He ye Sd. James within three<lb></lb>
months then last past that is to say on ye <rs type="date" id="LMSMPS50136_date20">twelfth day of Novembr: then last past</rs>
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within ye Jurrsdiccon<lb></lb>
aforesd. that is to say at Hamersmith aforesd. in ye execu<obscured></obscured>
of his Sd. Office lawfully & wth. ye consent of ye<lb></lb>
Sd. Stephen entred into a distilling house scituate within ye Jurisdiccon aforesd that is to Say at<lb></lb>
Hamer Smith aforesd. then & there belonging to & used by ye Sd. Stephen for distilling Such Low<lb></lb>
Wines & Spiritts as aforesd. & then & there finding a Still belonging to & used by ye Sd. Stephen which<lb></lb>
before that time had been charged & then was charged wth. Liquors Works & drink before ye time<lb></lb>
made & prepared for the making Low Wines & Spiritts And then & there finding the Sd. Still<lb></lb>
actually at work and the Sd. Liquors Work & drink then & there actually distilling in ye said<lb></lb>
Still and Low Wines or Spiritts then actually distilling from thence And then & there<lb></lb>
intending in the execution of his sd Office & Pursuant to the Power & authority to him as Such<lb></lb>
Officer in & by the Sd. Statute in such case made then<obscured></obscured>
and there to See that the Sd<lb></lb>
Low Wines or Spiritts then & there distilling as aforesd. were drawn & made without any<lb></lb>
mixture He the sd. James did then & there receive into a little glasse Viall (by him<lb></lb>
provided for that purpose) about a Spoon full or two of the low Wines or Spiritts then & there<lb></lb>
drawing & distilling from the Sd. Still in order to last the Same & See whether the Sd. Low<lb></lb>
Wines or Spiritts then & there distilling as aforesd. were then & there drawn without<lb></lb>
Such mixture as aforesd. And that altho the sd. Stephen then & there well knew the Said<lb></lb>
James to be Such Officer as aforesd. Yet the sd. Stephen on purpose to prevent & hinder<lb></lb>
the sd. James from Seeing whether the sd. Low Wines or Spiritto then & there distilling<lb></lb>
as aforesd. were drawn without Such mixture as aforesd. and before the Sd. James had<lb></lb>
Seen or possibly could See whether the Sd. Low Wines or Spiritts were See drawne<lb></lb>
without mixture He the Sd. Stephen then & there assaulted him the Sd. James then<lb></lb>
& there being in the execucon of his sd. Office & with force & Violence Struck the sd<lb></lb>
Glasse Violl out of the hands of the Sd. James & afterwards that is to Say then & there<lb></lb>
broke the same And thereby Spilt what had been taken from the Sd. Still as<lb></lb>
aforesd. and So prevented & hindred the sd. James from Seeing or discovering<lb></lb>
whether the Sd. Low Wines or Spiritts then & there distilling as aforesd. were<lb></lb>
then & there deacone & made without Such mixture as aforesd. And that the<lb></lb>
Sd. Charles parry further informed us the sd. Justices And in falt said That<lb></lb>
when such Liquors Work or drink were see as aforesd. in Such Still & Such Still<lb></lb>
was actually at work & Low Wines or Spiritts were actually drawing from thence<lb></lb>
the. frequent practice & common Usage in Such Cases alwaies was for the<lb></lb>
Officers So to take into such glass Viall Some part of the Low Wines or Spiritts<obscured></obscured>
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at Such time & times So as aforesd. drawing from Such Still in order to<lb></lb>
See & find out whether Such Low Wines or Spiritts So distilling at Such time &<lb></lb>
times were drawne without Such mixture as aforesaid And that Officers<lb></lb>
did & could thereby & not otherwise at Such time find out & discover the<lb></lb>
Same And that other Distillers did not hinder the Officers from So doing</p>
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