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Smuggling Prosecutions in England and Wales c. 1722-1732

This is a raw version of the data that was transcribed and compiled from reports ordered by the British House of Commons in 1733. In that year and following debate over the Excise Bill, the House ordered a summary of all prosecutions for smuggling throughout England, Wales, and Scotland for the preceding 10 years.

While the Scottish report has not yet been located, the reports for England and Wales were found

at the National Archive, Kew, England (references T64/146-149).

Raw data updated November 9, 2023 with corrected data coming soon.

If you think this data might be useful, please feel free to email me with ideas about formatting, visualizations or connections with other sources. If you detect errors, please also let me know. dasmith@wlu.ca

Thanks to Jessica Duncan and Nicholas Morrison for their excellent assistance putting together this database. Jessica used TransKribus to create the transcription and Nicholas proofed the copy.

This research is supported in part by funding from Canada's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

Index	Year	Persons	Place	County	Circumstances	Outcome
1	1723	Thos Sharpe	Near Bridlington Key	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	was prosecuted for this Fraud & other Goods & a verdict was obtain'd agt him & Execution Issued thereon
2	1723	Richd Row Wm Row John Row John Sayers John Skingsly Daniel Freeman Thos Beverley	At the Naze Land in Essex	Essex	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	These persons were prosecuted for these & other Frauds - Wm Row is Dead John Sayers & Daniel Freeman cant be taken, the rest are Witnesses
3	1724	Wm Brown & David Scott	Near Alnwick in Northumberland	Northumberland	Important & Run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this Fraud but the officer who Comenced the prosecution would not proceed
4	1724	Stephen Ward	Filey Bay near Scarborough	Yorkshire	Imported & Run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud & other goods & he afterwards gave information agt others.
5	1724	Wm Fowler	Filey Bay near Scarborough	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud & other goods & a verdict was obtaind agt him & Execution Issued thereon.
6	1724	Robt Johnson	Filey Bay near Scarborough	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud but the proof was not Sufficient to proceed to Trial agt him
7	1724	Samuel Tate	Filey Bay near Scarborough	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud but ye proof was not sufficient to proceed to Trial agt him
8	1724	Wm Scarlett	Lynn in Norfolk	Dorset	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud & took out a License to Compound
9	1724	Robt Kent	Woodbridge	Suffolk	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud but the officer who Comenced the prosecution would not proceed.
10	1724	John Robinson Wm Robinson Junr	near Bridlington	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this Fraud & a Verdict was obtain'd agt Wm Robinson
11	1724	Thos Storey	Between Sunderland & Hull	Durham	Taken in at Sea by a Coasting Vessell to be run	was prosecuted for this Fraud but the officer who Comenced the prosecution would not proceed it being Doubtfull whether the proof was sufficient or not.
12	1724	John Edmeston	Berwick	Northumberland	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud but the officer who Comenced the prosecution would not try the Cause not having Sufficient proof.
13	1724	Anthony Challoner	New Castle	Northumberland	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud & was served with a spa but the officer who Comenced ye prosecution would not proceed.
14	1724	Wm Hodgson Robt Davison Wm Sharpe	Hartlepoole Road near Durham	Durham	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this & another fraud And a verdict was obtain'd agt Hodgson & he paid ye money recover'd.
15	1724	John Jackson	Whitby	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	was prosecuted for this fraud but the officer who Comenced the prosecution would not proceed
16	1724	John Chapman	Whitby	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud & was Sent to goal being Insolvent.
17	1724	Miles Breckon	Whitby	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded
18	1724	Anthony Adamson	Whitby	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this Fraud but the officer who Comenced the prosecution would not proceed.
19	1724	John Watson	Whitby	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded
20	1724	Thos Watson	Whitby	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded
21	1724	Richd Row	Buttley Ferry in Suffolk	Suffolk	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	(before mention'd) was prosecuted for this Fraud & was admitted an Evidence
22	1724	Christopher Burley Thos Lake	Holcomb Bay in Norfolk	Norfolk	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud & other goods & became a witness was also prosecuted for this fraud & other goods & judgmt was obtain'd agt him & he is a prisoner in the Fleet Charge'd in Execution
23	1724	Walter Batney & Thos Scapey	Erwarton Ness in Suffolk	Suffolk	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this fraud & Batney Compounded
24	1724	Walter Annis & Wm Aldbrough	Erwarton Ness in Suffolk	Suffolk	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	were prosecuted for this fraud & Annis compounded.
25	1724	George Beacon Thos Loseby Jacob Walter Alexr Butterworth	near Leigh in Essex	Essex	Imported & Run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this fraud & other goods - Beacon cant be found - Loseby has affor'd a Composition - a Verdict was obtain'd agt Butterworth for his part of the goods & he paid the money - Judgmt was obtain'd agt Walter & he is charg'd in Execution in Chelmsford Goal.
26	1724	Robt Ward & several other persons	In the Port of Bridlington	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this Fraud, some for the whole goods & others for part - Ward was arrested & ye cause was at Issue but the proof agt him was not thought Sufficient to go to Trial - the other persons could not be taken
27	1724	John Skingsley	On the Coast of Essex	Essex	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud & became an Evidence.
28	1724	Richd Busk als Bush	near Iken in Suffolk	Suffolk	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud and was Arrested & Put in Bail.
29	1725	John Holmes	Near Hull in Yorkshire	Yorkshire	Taken out of a Vessell at Sea & afterwards run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud & other goods & he compounded by License wth John Scott ye officer who comenced ye prosecution
30	1725	Wm Metcalfe, Thos Metcalfe & Mary Metcalfe	Stockton	Durham	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this fraud & were serv'd with spas but the officer who Comenced the prosecution would not proceed further therein
31	1725	Richd Woodwark John Gill Thos Smallwood	Whitby	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	These persons were prosecuted for these Frauds but the officer who Comenced the prosecutions would not proceed therein
32	1725	Wm Woodmas	Whitby	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	was prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded
33	1725	Wm Wilson	Whitby	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud & for Breaking Bulk - he compounded
34	1725	Wm Redwyn	Lynn Regis	Dorset	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud (& other goods) but he broke & was a prisoner & the officer who Comenced the prosecution would not proceed afterwards
35	1725	Wm Walker John Walker John Osgolby Mathew Jaggs	Lynn Regis	Dorset	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	These persons were jointly prosecuted on Accot of this fraud (& other goods) & process Issued agt them but the officer who Comenced the prosecution would not proceed therein
36	1725	Christopher Virgoe	Harwich	Essex	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud & other goods & became an Evidence agt others.
37	1725	Thos Sherrard	Harwich	Essex	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud & other goods & became an evidence agt others
38	1725	Robt Woodmass & others	Stockton	Durham	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this offence & other Goods & Compounded
39	1725	Tobias Bretland John Vincent Hugh Gibbons Roger Box	Near Holkham Norfolk	Norfolk	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this fraud (& other Goods) & were sent to Goal - Vincent & Box were Witnesses & a Judgmt was obtain'd agt Bretland & Gibbons & they were Charg'd in Execution thereon
40	1725	John Thompson	Little Holland in Essex	Essex	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud but he could not be taken
41	1725	Joseph Bruce John Sandall Thos Went John Thompson Joseph Palmer Edwd Freeman Dennis Murry	Frinton Low in Essex	Essex	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	These persons were prosecuted for this fraud Sandall, Freeman & Palmer became Evidences Thos Went was Drown'd - Murry & Bruce absconded & could not be taken - John Thompson is dead.
42	1725	Joseph Bruce John Sandall Thos Went Daniel Freeman Joseph Hawkins Thos Sherrard	Frinton in Essex	Essex	Imported & run without paymt of Duties	These persons were prosecuted for this fraud Sandall & Sherrard became Witnesses - Went was drown'd - Joseph Bruce could not be taken - Joseph Hawkins was Arrested & Sent to Goal & Daniel Freeman was Sent to Goal for another fraud.
43	1725	Henry Sheppard Joseph Hawkins	Frinton in Essex	Essex	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this fraud - Sheppard absconded & could not be arrested & Hawkins was taken & sent to Goal as before mentioned
44	1725	Samual Spurling Wm Tyler	Much Claxton in Essex	Essex	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this fraud - Spurling absconded & could not be taken, Wm Tyler was arrested & sent to Goal
45	1725	Wm Howard & the before names Edwd Freeman	Claxton Shore in Essex	Essex	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this fraud - Howard could not be taken - Freeman became a Witness
46	1725	Richd Garrett Wm Booth Thos Wood James Garferr	near Baldsey in Suffolk	Suffolk	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	these persons were prosecuted for this fraud Garrett, Wood, & Garferr could not be taken Booth was arrested & sent to Goal on Accot of another Fraud
47	1725	Richd Porter Alexr Leckie	Brancaster Bay near Holkham Norfolk	Norfolk	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this fraud - Porter gave an Information agt others - Judgment was obtained agt Leckie & he was taken & Sent to Goal
48	1725	John Woollard John Johnson Edwd Gutteridge Samuel Everett John Rambert John Bentley Fally Buckle Thos Pemberton Denny Briant Wm Crafton Samuel Cole John Chipperton Benja Woollard Richd Cole Wm Beddon Wm Manning John Branson	near Harwich in Essex & at several places near Baudsey Cliff in Suffolk	Suffolk	Imported & Run without paymt of Duties	These persons were severally prosecuted for Running & receiving these (& other) goods in several different Quantitys - John Woollard Edwd Gutteridge & John Rambert became Evidences - Fally Buckle, Thos Pemberton Samuel Cole John Chipperton Richd Cole Wm Manning John Branson absconded & could not be taken - Benja Woollard was arrested & gave Bail Samuel Everett John Bentley Denny Briant were arrested & sent to Goal - Judgmts were obtain'd agt John Johnson & Wm Beddon for other frauds Wm Crafton was taken & sent to goal & Judgment was obtained agt him & he was charg'd in Execution thereon.
49	1725	Wm Luck Robt Doltry Michael Fryer Wm Dale George Brown Robt Row John Coates James Taylor	Whitto Hole & Barmston Dock near Bridlington	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duties	These persons were prosecuted for this fraud - Luck for the whole goods & the others for several parts thereof a verdict was obtaind agt Wm Luck & he was sent to Goal - Brown was arrested but the Witness agt him Dyed before the cause could be Try'd - the others could not be taken
50	1725	Samuel Lamb John Walker Thos Eve Benja Wakeling Joseph White Wm Copsey John Sayers John Crampen John Copsey John Thompson John Cooper Man Gretham John Clarke Wm Eady	Bushwall Bay Essex Frinton Cliffe Essex Bushwall Bay Frinton	Essex	Imported & Run without paymt of Duties Imported & run without paymt of Duties Imported & run without paymt of Duties Imported & run without paymt of Duties	These persons were severally prosecuted on Accot of these & other frauds for several different parcels of the Goods - Samuel Lamb & John Walker are dead - Thos Eve John Copsey became Witnesses - Jos: White Wm Copsey Jno Sayers John Crampon John Thompson John Clarke absconded & could not be taken - prosecution was stopt agt Wm Eady on Accot of his poverty - John Cooper was arrested & sent to Goal - a verdict was obtained agt Benja Wackling & he was sent to Goal - a verdict was obtained agt Man Gretham & he was charged in execution thereon in the Fleet prison
51	1725	Wm Hutchins	at Hartlepoole in the port of Stockton	Durham	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud But the Witness agt him Run away & cant be heard of.
52	1725	Wm Cain als Keen	at Winterton in Norfolk	Norfolk	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	was prosecuted for this & other frauds But the witness agt him withdrew himself & would never come to Support his Information
53	1726	John Watson	Buckton in Durham	Durham	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this Fraud (& other Goods) & process issued agt him but the officer who Comenced the Prosecution would not proceed therein
54	1726	Wm Redhead	Berwick upon Tweed	Northumberland	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	was prosecuted for this Fraud & he was Served with process but the officer who Comenced the prosecution would not proceed to Trial not having Sufficient Proof.
55	1726	Wm Clerke Wm Dale Jas Taylor junr Robt Sharpe Wm Hixon Thos Bowser	Scarborough	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this fraud & they were all Served with process But the officer who Comenced the prosecution Dyed before any thing further could be done.
56	1726	Robt Clarke Henry Clarke	Berwick upon Tweed	Northumberland	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this fraud & were Serv'd with process, but the officer who Comenced the prosecution would not proceed the Defts being in very mean Circumstances.
57	1726	Wm Roughead & Several other persons	at the Carr near Berwick upon Tweed	Northumberland	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this fraud But one Samuel Stanton who owned the goods Compounded for them So ye prosecution Stopt.
58	1726	Geo: Davison Geo: Mills	Berwick upon Tweed	Northumberland	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	were prosecuted for this fraud & process was sent agt them But the officer who Comenced the prosecution would not proceed - Defts being in very mean Circumstances.
59	1726	Thos Masterman John Harman Senr John Harman Junr	Yarmouth in Norfolk	Hampshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	were prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded
60	1726	James Dallinger Timo Hunt James Raymond Martin Cufford John Cufford	Aldbro: Beach in Suffolk	Suffolk	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	were prosecuted for this Fraud & process Issued agt them - Hunt & Raymond absconded - Dallinger & the 2 Cuffords run away to Sea & could not be taken
61	1726	Thos Buckle Charles Batney	Orford Beach in Suffolk	Suffolk	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	were prosecuted for this fraud (& other Goods) & process Issued agt them but they absconded & could not be taken
62	1726	David Depiers Wm Burton	Near Wainfleet in Holbeach Marsh	Lincolnshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this fraud (& other Goods) & process Issued agt them but they both run away
63	1726	Henry Wright	Near Leigh in Essex	Essex	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this Fraud & process Issued agt him, but he Absconded & could not be taken
64	1726	Henry Loveday Burton Francis Wright Wm White Thos Hantry John Bull Joseph Bull Samuel Ixer Wm Ablett & Wm Gunhill	Buttley Ferry Suffolk	Suffolk	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	These persons were prosecuted for this fraud (& other Goods) - process Issued agt Loveday White & Wright but they absconded Burtons Christian name was never known & wee never had any Accot where Thos Hantry, John Bull, Samuel Ixer, Wm Gunhill were to be found - Joseph Bull is Dead Ablett was never taken upon this Information but there is another Cause at Issue agt him for another fraud.
65	1726	Edwd Langrum John Frost Abraham Hullock Joseph Bruce John Sandall Edwd Long Wm Eady John Batney Samuel Golding Richd Bruce	Walton on the Naze	Essex	Imported & Run without paymt of Duty.	These persons were prosecuted for these & other frauds - Sandall & Batney became Evidences Process Issued agt Frost, Hullock & Richd Bruce but they absconded & could not be taken - Wee never knew where Samuel Golding was to be met with - a verdict was obtain'd agt Joseph Bruce upon another Information & he run away - a verdict was obtain'd agt Edwd Langrum & he is Charg'd in Execution in the Fleet prison - Edwd Long was arrested & Judgmt was obtaind upon his Bail Bond & he paid the money Recoverd Prosecution Stopt agt Eady on Accot of his poverty.
66	1726	Samuel Stanton	Near Berwick upon Tweed	Northumberland	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded.
67	1726	Thos Evins Thos Johnson Robt Cornthwaite Thos Cornthwaite	at Arnside in Westmoreland	Westmorland	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	These persons were prosecuted for this fraud & Evins & Thos Cornthwaite were Serv'd with process & ye other two could not be taken But all these persons being very poor Seafaring men no further proceedings were had
68	1726	Thos Eve John Sayers John Copsey John Cooper Man Gretham John Frost Isaac Cobb John Dorman James Haylaid	Warnfield in Suffolk near Harwich Ravenstone in Essex Beardsey Cliffe in Suffolk Hayfleet Waters Essex	Suffolk	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	"These persons were Severally prosecuted on Accot of these & other frauds - for Several different parcels of the Goods - Jno Frost absconded & could not be taken - Jno Dorman became a Witness - Haylaid was arrested & Isaac Cobb Compounded - Thos Eve Jno Copsey became Witnesses - John Sayers could not be taken John Cooper was arrested & Sent to Goal A Verdict was Obtain'd agt Man Gretham & he was Charg'd in Execution thereon in the Fleet prison as herein before mentioned"
69	1726	John Hall	at Filey Bay Scarbro	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	was prosecuted for this Fraud he is Dead
70	1726	William Wilson	at Filey Bay Scarbro	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded.
71	1726	Christopher Guy	at Filey Bay Scarbro	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this fraud & a Verdict was obtaind agt him & he Run away & his Bail Paid the money for which they were bound
72	1726	James Bushell	On the Coast of Essex	Essex	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	is prosecuted for this fraud & other Goods he Run away before he could be taken & resides in Dunkirk
73	1726	Edwd Grice	On the Coast of Essex	Essex	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was also Prosecuted for this Fraud he can't be heard of
74	1726	Alexr Chisam Peter Goddy Thos Warren Peter Goad	On the Coast of Essex	Essex	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this & other Frauds Chisam, Goddy, & Goad cant be heard of - Judgment was obtain'd agt Warren with which he was Charg'd in Execution in the Fleet prison
75	1726	Wm Cain als Keen	at Winterton in Norfolk	Norfolk	Imported & Run without payment of Duty.	was prosecuted for this & other Frauds - The witness agt him withdrew himself & never came to Support his Information
76	1726	Andrew Murtain	at Holy Island	Durham	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	was prosecuted for this & other Frauds & was sent to Goal - but the Witnesses agt him withdrew themselves & have never been heard of since.
77	1727	Robt Dallinger Robt Sprunt John Coble Ambrose Beaksby	Aldbro: Beach Suffolk	Suffolk	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	were prosecuted for this & other Frauds Dallinger was Sent to Goal & was afterwards a Witness - The Cause was at Issue agt Sprunt but the proof was not Sufficient to Try it wee never know where to meet with John Coble A Verdict was obtain'd agt Beaksby & he was Charged in Execution in the Fleet Prison
78	1727	Edwd Langrum John Frost Abraham Hullock Joseph Bruce John Sandall John Batney Richd Bruce	Frinton in Essex	Essex	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	(being before mentioned) was prosecuted for this & other frauds - Sandall & Batney became Witnesses - Process Issued agt John Frost Abraham Hullock & Richd Bruce but they absconded & could mot be taken A verdict was obtained agt Joseph Bruce upon another Information & he Run away - A Verdict was obtain'd agt Edward Langrum & he was Charg'd in Execution in the fleet prison
79	1727	Thos Buxton	Near Yarmouth in Norfolk	Hampshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	was prosecuted for this Fraud & other Goods - he absconded & could not be taken
80	1727	David Jones Thos Brown Charles Pott John Rowland Jere: Williams Thos Edwards Edward Jones Evan Rowland	Parnell Brittin Flintshire	Flintshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	These persons were prosecuted for this fraud (& other Goods) process Issued agt David Jones, Charles Pott, Jere: Williams, Thos Edwards & Evan Rowland but they absconded & could not be taken - Thos Brown & Edward Jones were arrested & sent to Goal - Jno Rowland was arrested & Judgment was obtained upon his Bail Bond & he & his Bail all Run away.
81	1727	James Bushell	near Little Holland in Essex	Essex	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	was prosecuted for this fraud (& other Goods) but could not be taken
82	1727	James Bushell Alexr Chisam Edwd Grice Edwd Kerby John Sampson	near Little Holland	Essex	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this Fraud Edwd Kerby was arrested & became an Evidence - & the rest absconded & could not be taken
83	1727	Jerrard Selby & others	at Holy Island Durham	Durham	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	were prosecuted for this fraud & Compounded.
84	1727	George Moore	at Filey Bay Scarborough	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	was prosecuted for this fraud & Compounded.
85	1727	John Davey	at Filey Bay Scarborough	Yorkshire	Imported & Run without paymt of Duty.	was prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded
86	1727	Wm Atkinson	at Filey Bay	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this Fraud he is Dead.
87	1727	John Smithson	at Filey Bay	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this Fraud & other Goods & Judgment was Obtained agt him
88	1727	John Linton	At Filey Bay	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this Fraud he Compounded.
89	1727	Paul Henzell	At Filey Bay	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	is prosecuted for this fraud - He has been arrested & has given Bail.
90	1727	Robt Wilson	Marsh Chappell in Lincolnshire	Lincolnshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	is under prosecution for these & other frauds - he Cant be taken
91	1727	Henry Jenkins	Clacton in Essex	Essex	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this Fraud Thos Otley & Henry Hubbard were prosecuted for part of these Goods - & process Issued agt them But the Witness Died so we could not proceed
92	1727	Maurice Humphrey	Poscaden in Carnarvonshire	Carnarvonshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted on Accot of this fraud - he went to Sea before the Information was filed The Witness agt him withdrew himself & would never come to Support his Information
93	1727	William Watts & others	Wisbeech	Cambridgeshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this fraud but the Witness agt them run away & cant be heard of.
94	1727	James Pile	at Winterton near Yarmouth	Norfolk	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	was prosecuted for this & other frauds - He is dead
95	1728	John Otter Wm Watson Mathew Hayne James Brown Oswald Younghusband John Lewin Chrisr Stamp Andrew Hogg	In Scate Road near Holy Island Durham	Durham	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	These persons were prosecuted on Accot of this fraud - Otter for Running the whole Goods & the other persons for Several Different parcels thereof - Otter, Brown & Stamp were arrested & sent to Goal Hayne absconded & could not be taken Watson, Younghusband Lewen & Hogg Compounded.
96	1728	Thos Mason Thos Franklyn	On the Coast of Suffolk	Suffolk	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this fraud but they absconded & could not be taken
97	1728	George Bennett	On the Coast of Yorkshire	Yorkshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	was prosecuted for this Fraud but he absconded & could not be taken.
98	1728	Peter Godfrey Richd Williams Owen Edwards Thos Prydderth Wm Evans	near the Barr at Carnarvon	Carnarvonshire	Imported & run without paymt of Duty.	These persons were prosecuted for this fraud & process Issued agt them, but they all absconded & could not be taken
99	1728	John Crosson Samuel Cantrell John Earle	at Several places on the Coast of Essex	Essex	Imported & run without paymt of Duty	were prosecuted for this & other frauds - Judgmt was obtain'd agt Crosson upon his Bail Bond & he was taken in Execution thereon - Cantrell is Dead Wm Tylere Thos Hall, Wm Taylor, Wm Hicks, George Earle & Browsler Hansell were Severally prosecuted for part of these Goods - Jno Earle Wm Hicks & Geo: Earls Bail bonds are in Suit - Hall & Tyler were taken & sent to Chelmsford Goal - Taylor & Hansell cant be heard of.
100	1728	Micheal Hardy John Aynes Joseph Alcock	at Skegness Lincolnshire	Lincolnshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	were Prosecuted for this and other Frauds - Hardy was Drown'd Aynes was sent to Beverly Goal from whence he made his Escape - Judgment was Obtain'd agt Alcock with which he was charged in Execution in the Fleet Prison.
101	1728	Edward Oram	East Tilbury Essex	Essex	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud & died before he could be Arrested.
102	1728	John Elgate John Willis	at Hemsby in Norfolk	Norfolk	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	are Prosecuted for this Fraud - Elgate has been arrested and has given Bail - Willis can't be taken - they have since Compounded.
103	1728	John Page	Hemsby in Norfolk	Norfolk	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	is prosecuted for part of these goods - he has given Bail
104	1728	John Newham Thos Philips	at Hemsby	Norfolk	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were Prosecuted for this and other Frauds Newham can't be taken - Philips is an Evidence.
105	1728	Thos Snowden	Yarmouth	Hampshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded.
106	1728	Thomas Wyatt	Yarmouth	Hampshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud but the Witness agt him run away & never came to Support his Information.
107	1728	Isaac Miers	at Gayesly Yorkshire	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	is under Prosecution for this & other frauds & can't be taken.
108	1728	Willm Greensides	Saltfleet Lincolnshire	Lincolnshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this and other Frauds - The Witnesses agt him run away & can't be heard of.
109	1729	Geo: Pilboron	Great Holland Essex	Essex	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this and other frauds and was sent to Goal for want of Bail.
110	1729	Edward Brainthwaite and others	Methop in Lancashire	Lancashire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud & Process Issued agt them - Brainthwaite offer'd to Compound but the officer at whose charge the Prosecution was comenced died before The Compo was compleated - the others could not be taken
111	1729	Thos Blackburne and others	Methop	Lancashire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud, and Process Issued agt them but they could not be taken.
112	1729	Thomas Johnson George Muckelt	at Humphry Head Lancashire	Lancashire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud & Process Issued agt them but they could not be taken.
113	1729	Jacob Walter	On the Coast of Norfolk	Norfolk	Imported and Run without Payment of Duty	was Prosecuted for these and other Frauds Judgment was obtain'd agt him with which he was charged in Execution in Chelmsford Goal.
114	1729	Henry Harper	On the Coast of Norfolk	Norfolk	Imported and Run without Payment of Duty	is under Prosecution for receiving part of these goods - he can't be taken.
115	1729	Richd Daniel and others	at Hemsby in Norfolk	Norfolk	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud and other goods - they are all poor Men & can't be found.
116	1729	Joseph Ames Robt Douglas Walter Douglas Thos Cobb	in Yarmouth Roads	Hampshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud and other goods - Ames Compounded - The Witness run away and never came to Support his Information agt Walter & Robt Douglas & Cobb.
117	1729	William Jarvis & Joseph Bishop	in Yarmouth Roads	Hampshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were Prosecuted severaly for part of these goods. Bishop became an Evidence Jarvis has Compounded
118	1729	Richd Baker and others	in Yarmouth Roads	Hampshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud they can't be taken - Richd Baker has since Compounded
119	1729	John Betts	Yarmouth	Hampshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud - he has been arrested & has given Bail - he has since Compounded.
120	1729	Anthony Eaton	at Yarmo Roads	Hampshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for these & other Frauds - he was admitted an Evidence.
121	1729	Paul Taylor	on the Norfolk Coast	Norfolk	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud & other goods - he is Dead.
122	1729	Augustine Rolfe	On the Norfolk Coast	Norfolk	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud he is admitted an Evidence
123	1729	Willm Hollman John Miller	Yarmo Roads	Hampshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud But the Witness agt them run away & never came to Support his Information Hollman has since Compounded.
124	1729	Henry Cleathing	Scarbrough	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded
125	1729	Thomas Brown	Yarmouth	Hampshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	was Prosecuted for this and other Frauds & Compounded.
126	1729	Edmond Mason	Yarmo Roads	Hampshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this and other Frauds the Witness died before he could be taken - but he has since compounded.
127	1729	Thos Wilson	Yarmo Roads	Hampshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded.
128	1729	Thos Wyatt	Yarmouth	Hampshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this and other Frauds But the Witness agt him run away & never came to Support his Information.
129	1729	Daniel Smith Willm Brittain	near Ingham on the Lincolnshire Coast	Lincolnshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud - But the Witness agt them Run away & never came to Support his Information.
130	1729	Willm Hollman	Key Mill in Yarmouth	Hampshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	was Prosecuted for this & other Frauds & Compounded.
131	1729	Leonard Wrightson	Scarbrough	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	was Prosecuted for this and other Frauds & admitted an Evidence.
132	1729	Francis Pate Joshua Haley	Castle Holmes Scarbrough	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	are under Prosecution for these and other Frauds & have been Arrested & given Bail.
133	1729	William Greensides	near Grimsby at Saltfleet Sunderland	Lincolnshire	Imported and Run without Payment of Duty	was Prosecuted for these and other Frauds - The Evidence agt him is Run away & can't be heard of.
134	1729	John Page	Winterton	Lincolnshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	is under Prosecution for this & other Frauds he has given Bail upon another Information
135	1729	Willm Cramlington William Artley	Headworth at Wareinway in Durham	Durham	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were Prosecuted for these & other Frauds - The Cause agt Cramlington is at Issue - Artley is dead.
136	1729	Francis Dobson	on the Yorkshire Coast	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded.
137	1729	John Corder	in Langenhoe Creek in Essex	Essex	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	is under Prosecution for this Fraud - he can't be taken.
138	1730	Hugh Lloyd John Hughes Willm Williams	at Borthewin Bay in the Isle of Anglesea	Anglesey	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	are under Prosecution for this Fraud Judgment was obtain'd agt Lloyd upon his Bail Bond & Execution hath Issued agt him but he cant be taken Williams & Hughes can't be heard of.
139	1730	Daniel Smith & others	Aldbro Beach	Suffolk	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud but the Witness agt them withdrew himself & never came to Support his Information.
140	1730	Thos Crake	Scarbrough	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud - he was admitted an Evidence.
141	1730	James Butcher Samuel Diball John Ficklyn & Samuel Eyson	at Scargap in Norfolk	Norfolk	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	were Prosecuted for this and other Frauds Butcher & Eyson & Diball can't be taken Ficklyn is admitted an Evidence. Willm Brown was Prosecuted for receiving part of these goods - he has made an offer to Compound & has given an Information which are under Consideration.
142	1730	Henry Nardy	Yarmouth	Hampshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud - he is Dead.
143	1730	Willm Wren	Sunderland	Durham	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded.
144	1730	Cornelius Landmeter	Dunsinburra Castle near Berwick	Northumberland	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	is under Prosecution for this Fraud - Depending
145	1730	Willm Gosling Robt Hudson	Maldon	Essex	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	were Prosecuted for this & other Frauds they can't be taken Thos Broom & Mathew Dates were Prosecuted for part of these goods - they can't be taken.
146	1730	Eliza Rickenson Joseph Fisher	Scarbrough	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were jointly Prosecuted for this Fraud - Compounded.
147	1730	Thos Marshall and others	near Chester Churches Yorkshire	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud & other goods - But the Witness agt them did not come to support his Information.
148	1730	John Veal John Hare Isaac Sacker	at Hemsby Yarmo	Norfolk	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud - Veal became an Evidence - Hare & Sacker can't be taken.
149	1730	Henry Quinton	at Corton Yarmo	Hampshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud (& other goods) & Compounded.
150	1730	John Ellis	Yarmo Roads	Hampshire	Imported & Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud & Compoundd
151	1730	Christopher Harvey	Yarmo Beach	Hampshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud and Compounded.
152	1730	Willm Peters David Burwood	Lowestoffe Yarmouth	Hampshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded.
153	1730	Antho Eaton Walter Douglas James Dale	in the Port of Yarmouth	Hampshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud - Eaton was admitted an Evidence - Douglas and Dale can't be taken.
154	1730	Thos Chancellor Leonard Wrightson	Scarbrough	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud & admitted Evidences.
155	1730	Henry Garnett	Scarbrough	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	is under Prosecution for this Fraud he can't be taken.
156	1730	John Bilton	Between Clowton & Scarbrough	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded.
157	1730	John Maultby	near the Mill Hoop in Scarbrough	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded.
158	1730	Clement Seller	Scarbrough	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	is under Prosecution for this Fraud & can't be taken.
159	1730	John Lee	Scarbrough	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	was Prosecuted for these Frauds & Compounded.
160	1730	Isaac Miers	at Gayesley Yorkshire	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	is Prosecuted for this and other Frauds he can't be taken.
161	1730	Wiilm Cramlington William Artley	Jarrow Key Durham at Stanton - Durham near Sunderland	Durham	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty do	were Prosecuted for these & other Frauds The Cause agt Cramlington is at Issue Artley is dead.
162	1730	Francis Hodgson	on the Yorkshire Coast	Yorkshire	Sold in an Unenter'd Place	was Prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded.
163	1730	John Ashburne	at Mawberry Sands	unknown	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud and admitted an Evidence.
164	1730	Thos Sim, John Sharpe, Geo Sharpe Junr, James Sharpe, Willm Heskett, John Pew & James Thompson,	Mawberry Sands	unknown	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were severaly Prosecuted for part of these goods and admitted Evidence
165	1730	John Simpson & Willm Hothard	at Mawberry Sands	unknown	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	are under Prosecution for part of these goods & can't be taken.
166	1730	Timothy Hay	Scarbrough Harbour	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud & became an Evidence.
167	1730	Francis Fox Willm Pattinson	near Scarbrough	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud - and Compounded - Mathew White was prosecuted for part of these Goods & Compounded
168	1730	Francis Hay	on the Yorkshire Coast	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	was Prosecuted for this & other Frauds & Compounded.
169	1730	Joseph Cordukes	on the Yorkshire Coast	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	was Prosecuted for this & other Frauds & Compounded.
170	1730	Willm Almon	on the Yorkshire Coast	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded.
171	1730	Robert Grange	Castle Holmes Yorkshire	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded.
172	1730	John Pearson Senr John Pearson Junr	Scarbrough	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud and admitted Evidences.
173	1730	James Newton	Mawberry Cumberland	Cumberland	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	is under Prosecution for this Fraud he was arrested & got away from the Officers & can't be since heard of.
174	1730	John Stainton	Mawberry	Cumberland	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	is under Prosecution for these & other Frauds - The Cause is at Issue.
175	1730	Edward Poskett	Scarbrough	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud & admitted an Evidence.
176	1730	Mathew Leng	Scarbrough	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for part of these goods he is an Evidence.
177	1730	William Chandler John Clerkson	Scarbrough	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud Chandler Compounded - Clerkson is admitted an Evidence.
178	1730	Thos Idnall	Scarbrough	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	is under Prosecution for this Fraud & can't be taken.
179	1730	John Harrison	Scarbrough Harbour	Yorkshire	Imported and Run without Paymt of Duty	is under Prosecution for this Fraud & Process is in force agt him.
180	1730	John Taylor & others	Yarmouth	Hampshire	Imported and Run without Payment of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud which Taylor Compounded
181	1731	Willm Gosling Gilbert Heath Robert Hudson Gabriel Merrifield	Maldon in Essex	Essex	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	were Prosecuted for this and other Frauds - they can't be taken.
182	1731	Willm Maycock John Powner	on the River Mercey in the County of Chester	Cheshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	are under Prosecution for this Fraud Depending.
183	1731	Willm Cramlington Willm Artley	Tinmo Haven Tynemouth?	Northumberland	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were Prosecuted for this and other Frauds - The Cause agt Cramlington is at Issue - Artley is dead.
184	1731	Jane Walker	Clowton in Yorkshire	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded.
185	1731	Robert Cuthbertson	Cumberland	Cumberland	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	is Prosecuted for this Fraud - he can't be heard of.
186	1731	Richd Woodwark John Robinson John Mussendine	Marsh Chapel	Lincolnshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud - Judgment was obtain'd agt Woodwark by default with which he is charged in Execution in Hull Goal - Robinson & Mussendine can't be taken.
187	1731	Thos Petty		unknown		is Prosecuted for part of these goods - he can't be taken.
188	1731	Willm Pattinson	On the Yorkshire Coast	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	was Prosecuted for this & other Frauds & Compounded.
189	1731	Joseph Thurnhill	on the Yorkshire Coast	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud & Compounded.
190	1731	Francis Hay	on the Yorkshire Coast	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this & other Frauds & Compounded.
191	1731	Joseph Cordukes	On the Yorkshire Coast	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for these and other Frauds & Compounded.
192	1731	Thos Taylor	Whitby	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	is under Prosecution for this Fraud & other goods - he can't be heard of.
193	1731	Willm Bell	Holkam bay in ye Port of Wells	Norfolk	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud - he has offered a Compo which is under Consideration.
194	1731	John Bell	Holkam Bay	Norfolk	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	was Prosecuted for this Fraud - he has offer'd a Compo which is under Consideration.
195	1731	Joshua Smith and others Samuel Cannon & others	On the Norfolk Coast	Norfolk	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	were Prosecuted for this Fraud they can't be taken were Prosecuted for receiving part of these goods & can't be taken.
196	1731	Willm Dale	Bridlington	Yorkshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	was Prosecuted for this and other Frauds & Compounded.
197	1731	John Proud	Boston	Lincolnshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	is under Prosecution for this Fraud - he can't be taken.
198	1731	John Hartley	Marsh Chappel	Lincolnshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	is under Prosecution for this Fraud - he can't be taken
199	1731	Nathaniel Collingwood	Marsh Chappel	Lincolnshire	Imported and Run witht Payment of Duty	was Prosecuted for receiving part of these goods (& other Frauds) & Judgment was obtain'd agt him and he is Prisoner in Lincoln Goal.
200	1731	Nathaniel Collingwood	Marsh Chappell	Lincolnshire	Imported and Run witht Paymt of Duty	above named was Prosecuted for this Fraud - & Judgment was obtain'd agt him as above mention'd