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Index

Year

County

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Location

Person(s)

Circumstances

Outcome

50

1725

Bushwall Bay Essex Frinton Cliffe Essex Bushwall Bay Frinton

Essex

Benjamin Wakeling

Imported & Run without payment of Duties

These persons were severally prosecuted on Account of these & other frauds for several different parcels of the Goods - Samuel Lamb & John Walker are dead; Thomas Eve, John Copsey became Witnesses; Joseph White, William Copsey, John Sayers, John Crampon, John Thompson, John Clarke absconded & could not be taken - prosecution was stopt against William Eady on Account of his poverty; John Cooper was arrested & sent to Gaol; a verdict was obtained agt Benjamin Wackling & he was sent to Goal - a verdict was obtained against Man Gretham & he was charged in execution thereon in the Fleet prison

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