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