|
Date of
Prosecution |
Names |
For what
Offence, with what Penalty |
Result |
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15 February 1830 |
Israel Rolf, Gatcombe,
Henry Rolf, Chillerton,
David Scammell, Wellow,
James Gallop,
Mottistone |
Harbouring 1 gall. Brandy,
Harbouring 1 gall. Brandy,
Harbouring 1½ pints Brandy,
Harbouring ½ pints Brandy and ½ pint Geneva. |
Severally
charged, sentenced to pay a mitigated penalty of £25 each. |
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|
17 February 1830 |
Edmund Langton, James
Easton, John Civil & Nicholas Moorman |
For being found on the
high seas about 10 miles off St Albans Head in a vessel “Snipe” liable
to forfeiture. |
First 3 for the Navy.
Moorman Penalty of £100, sent to Winchester Goal in default of payment. |
Captured by Revenue
Cutter “Stag” |
|
22 February 1830 |
Mary, wife of
John Sweatman, of Ryde |
Concealing
smuggled brandy. |
Mitigated
fine of £25 |
|
|
22 February 1830 |
James Stagg,
of Calbourne |
Concealing
smuggled brandy. |
Mitigated
fine of £50 |
|
|
6 March 1830 |
Benjamin Bright |
Having been seen leaving
a vessel which had one keg three gallons of Foreign Brandy on Board. |
Acquitted. |
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|
6 March 1830 |
John Blandford |
Having been seen near 2
Tubs of Foreign Spirits. |
Acquitted. |
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|
13 March 1830 |
Cornelius Jones of St
Helens |
For having tubs of
Spirits in his possession, found in his work shop. |
Convicted of offence and
£100 Penalty. |
Apparently later
mitigated to one half. |
|
5 April 1830 |
Elizabeth
Cooper of Newport |
Concealing
one pint of Foreign Brandy. |
£100 |
Several
previous offences |
|
5 April 1830 |
Hannah Scovel
of Brading |
Concealing
one and a quarter pints of Foreign Brandy. |
Mitigated
penalty of £25 |
|
|
5 April 1830 |
Elizabeth
Lacey, wife of Edward Lacey |
Concealing
one and a quarter pints of Foreign Brandy. |
Mitigated
penalty of £25 |
|
|
5 April 1830 |
James Maguire |
Concealing,
&c. three half pints of Foreign Brandy |
Mitigated
penalty of £25 |
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|
12 April 1830 |
Richard
Dawson, butcher, of Nettlestone Green |
Carrying and
conveying one gallon and a quarter of foreign brandy, being run goods |
Mitigated
fine of £25 |
|
|
12 April 1830 |
James
Butcher, servant of Richard Dawson |
Carrying and
conveying one gallon and a quarter of foreign brandy, being run goods |
Penalty of
£100 |
|
|
12 April 1830 |
William
Sheath, of Knighton |
Concealing
&c. a certain quantity of foreign brandy. |
Fine of £25 |
|
|
12 April 1830 |
Elizabeth
Sheath, wife of William Sheath |
Destroying a
quantity of spirits to prevent them being seized by the Excise Officer
(Penalty £200). |
Acquitted |
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|
12 April 1830 |
James Young, and Jane, his wife, of Hillis |
Concealing
&c. a certain quantity of foreign brandy. |
Husband
guilty, £25 penalty, wife acquitted. |
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|
12 April 1830 |
Daniel Barkham, of Binstead, |
Concealing
&c. a certain quantity of foreign brandy. |
£25 penalty. |
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|
8 May 1830 |
Emanuel Shiner, William
Fry & Charles Southcott |
Having been found in the
“Eliza” liable to forfeiture with 47 kegs of Brandy. |
All convicted on their
several confessions & sent on board the Flag Ship. |
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|
10 May 1830 |
John Gough,
of Newport |
Carrying and conveying a quantity of smuggled liquor |
£100, in default of which, he was committed to the County Gaol at
Winchester |
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|
22 May 1830 |
John Batt, Robert
Woodford, Robert Wheeler |
Smuggling |
All
convicted, the two later on their own confession. Batt for the Navy,
Woodford and Wheeler £100 Penalty. |
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|
5 July 1830 |
Henry Van
Nyvell |
Having in his
possession certain quantities of Foreign spirits, wine, and tea, the
duty on which had not been paid |
Mitigated penalty £50. |
|
|
16 August 1830 |
John Yates,
of Ryde |
Concealing a
bottle of smuggled brandy. |
Mitigated penalty £50. |
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|
21 August 1830 |
John Saunders, of Cowes |
Having three gallons of
contraband spirits in bladders about his person. |
Pleaded Guilty, Penalty
of £100, and committed to Winchester Gaol in default of payment
|
Repeat Offence. |
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11 September 1830 |
Charles Spencer |
Carrying and conveying 1
tub, about 3 galls for. brandy. |
£100 |
|
|
4 October 1830 |
Thomas Willis
and Amelia James |
Having
smuggled liquor. |
Acquitted |
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|
22 November 1830 |
Richard
Reason, West Cowes |
For
concealing a quantity of foreign brandy. |
Fined £100 |
|
|
22 November 1830 |
Henry Rayner,
of Bonchurch |
For
concealing a quantity of foreign brandy. |
Fined £25 |
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27 November 1830
|
John Chambers
|
Carrying and conveying 1
cask, containing about 6 galls F. Brandy. |
Convicted and sent to
Gaol in default of payment of Penalty £100. |
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|
24 December 1830 |
Isaac Nicholas |
Carrying and conveying 2
tubs and assisting in carrying 10 tubs of Fr. Spirits on St Helen’s
Green. |
Convicted and in default
of payment of the Penalty of £100 sent to Winchester Gaol. |
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|
15 January 1831 |
Henry Dyer, about 19
years old, Bembridge |
Carrying and conveying 1
keg of for. Geneva, 3 galls at St Helens. |
Customs Board requested
Naval service, but Magistrates considered he was not a seaman. Penalty
of £100, and committed to Winchester Gaol in default of payment. |
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|
28 May 1831 |
George Dyer, George
Thorn, John Dore, and James Woolgar, |
Being found on board a
vessel (liable to forfeiture) laden with Foreign brandy. |
All pleaded guilty and
sentenced to pay a fine of £100 and not being able to pay were sent to
Winchester Gaol. |
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|
18 June 1831 |
John Williams |
Smuggling. |
Pleaded guilty and for 5
years to serve in the Navy. |
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25 June 1831 |
Jeremiah Rayner |
Carrying and conveying
Foreign Brandy in the parish of Brading. |
Convicted and sent to
Gaol in default of paying the Penalty of £100. |
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|
3 August 1831 |
George Searle and Thomas
Jones alias George Southcott |
Importing 79 Gallons of
Foreign Spirits Brandy. |
To serve on board His
Majesty’s Navy for the term of 5 years. |
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|
3 September 1831 |
John Denman? and John Loving? |
For carrying goods on
board. |
To be sent to His
Majesty’s Navy for 5 years. |
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26 November 1831 |
William Booker of West
Cowes |
Found carrying and
conveying 1½ gallons of Rum. |
Sentenced to serve in
the Naval service for 5 years. |
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11 February 1832 |
Charles Saunders of Ryde |
Found carrying of
conveying in a punt in a River or Creek near Fishbourne. |
Acquitted !! |
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18 March 1832 |
Samuel Saunders of Ryde |
Found carrying of
conveying in a punt in a River or Creek near Fishbourne. |
Acquitted !! |
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|
7 April 1832 |
William Young
|
Found carrying of
conveying foreign spirits in the parish of Thorley. |
Pleaded guilty and sent
to Winchester Gaol in default of payment of £100. |
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|
18 April 1832 |
John Camel and Henry
Harvey, both of Yarmouth |
Carrying and conveying
99 gallons of foreign spirits about 1 mile off the Needles. |
Convicted & sent to the
Flag Ship at Portsmouth. |
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|
16 May 1832 |
James Andrews of
Yarmouth |
For having in the 12th
March last been seen in a boat liable to forfeiture having therein 4
Tubs of F. Spirits about 12 Gallons together with his son James. Said
James Andrews, prisoner, was taken on 11th May. |
Convicted on evidence, &
not paying the full Penalty for which he was prosecuted, he was sent to
Goal. |
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|
2 June 1832 |
Thomas Winter of
Shanklin & John Graham of Portsea & John Linfull of Redbridge. |
Being found in a boat
liable to forfeiture with 45 kegs For. Spirits. |
Convicted on evidence
and sent to Portsmouth. |
It appears that they were rejected by the Navy. |
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30 June 1832 |
James Bay of Bembridge |
Having been seen on
board a boat on the 24th June liable to forfeiture with 20
tubs containing 50 Galls. Brandy |
Convicted for the Navy.
Sent on Board. |
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|
7 July 1832 |
Samuel Burzey and John
Burzey both of Portsmouth |
For having been found
and captured in a wherry about 3 miles off Foreland with 80 Jars
containing about 20 Galls. Fr. Brandy |
Sent to Gaol. |
Detected by Thomas Wellspring and Thomas Thorrington, Coast
Guard. |
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4 August 1832 |
James Buckett, John
Buckett & William French |
Found concerned in
carrying & conveying about 50 tubs Fr. Spirits found in a boat belonging
to James Buckett, licensed at Cowes, about 140 Galls Brandy & 150 Galls
Geneva. |
James Buckett to the
Navy
John Buckett & William
French to Gaol. |
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|
25 August 1832 |
James Weight of St
Helens |
Carrying & conveying a
tub of Fr. Brandy about 3 Galls. near Brading Sluice. |
Convicted on confession
& sentenced in the full penalty £100. Sent to Winchester Gaol. |
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|
28 August 1832 |
Martin Fowler and Sarah
Wedgwood both (alleged to be) of North Street, Gosport |
Fowler, for carrying and
conveying 1 Gallon of For. Geneva near Ryde.
Wedgwood, for carrying
and conveying 1¼ Gallon of For. Brandy near Ryde |
On advice of the
Magistrates, the Information was withheld. |
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|
29 September 1832 |
James Walsh, Thomas
Fowler, William Kinch & Joseph Drayton |
Assaulting Lieut.
Morris, Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard at Ryde in the Execution
of his Duty. Drayton also with assaulting Charles Burney, Riding Officer
in the Execution of his Duty. |
Committed to Hampshire
Quarter Sessions, found guilty, and sentenced to 3 months imprisonment. |
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|
23 October 1832 |
Robert Purkis |
For assaulting Zachariah
Davey, Boatman, Cost Guard, Ryde on the 29th ult. just after
the Trial of Walsh & others. |
Convicted on confession
and sentenced to 1 month imprisonment. |
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|
22 December 1832 |
Ann Southcott, Jemina
Stallard, Ann Skinner |
Having concealed a
quantity of spirits in tubs in each of their dwelling houses. |
All found guilty,
Southcott and Stallard penalty mitigated to ¼ (£25), and not being able
to pay were committed to prison. Skinner did not appear and full penalty
was inflicted, and a Warrant issued, which was immediately put into
execution. |
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|
22 December 1832 |
Edward Barnacle of Cowes |
For having in his
possession 2 tubs of For. Brandy which he gave to William Rider to take
to the steamer & which with the boat was seized by the Tide Surveyor. |
Convicted in Full
Penalty, but mitigated on account of Prisoner not having been before
convicted, & being of good character. |
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|
19 January 1833 |
Joseph Jupe, E
Collier
William Newberry of West
Cowes. |
For harbouring &
concealing 1 1/8 Gall. Brandy and 5/8 Gall. Geneva.
For harbouring &
concealing ¼ Gall. Brandy and ½ Gall. Geneva. |
Acquitted
Acquitted |
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|
2 February 1833 |
William Thomas Vine of Bembridge, James Attrill of Bembridge and J Dyer
of St. Helens |
Carrying & conveying Spirits |
Sentenced
each to serve His Majesty for five years. Dyer found unfit and fined
£100 and committed to Winchester Gaol for non payment. |
|
|
9 February 1833 |
Harriett Harbor of Bembridge
Mary Ann Fagan
Mary Ann Fry alias Maria
|
Conveying and concealing
½ Gall. Brandy in 2 Skins & 1 Bladder.
Conveying and concealing
7 Skins containing 1 Gall. Brandy.
Conveying and concealing
6 Skins containing 1 Gall. Brandy |
Convicted, but not
paying the Penalty of £2 5s was committed.
These two women, not
being of the Isle of Wight or not to be found, cases could not be
brought forward as the Summons could not be served by the Coast Guard. |
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|
18 March 1833 |
David
Harbour, Wm. Mursell, Jonas Moth, John White, John Warren and J.
Windover |
Smuggling
Spirits |
Harbour was
fined £100, the remainder sentenced to serve in the Navy for 5 years.
Warren was found unfit and fined £100 and committed to Winchester Gaol
for non payment. |
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|
9 April 1833 |
Thomas
Rayson |
Smuggling
and assaulting Patrick Holland (Coast Guard Man) in the execution of his
duty |
12 Months
imprisonment |
At Hampshire Quarter Sessions |
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13 July 1833 |
James
Plumbley of Compton Grange |
Carrying 2
Tubs of Brandy |
Fined £100
and committed to Winchester Gaol for non payment |
|
|
5 August 1833 |
James
Saunders, of Newchurch |
Smuggling |
Sentenced to
serve in the Navy for 5 years. |
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26 October 1833 |
Richard and John Cobb |
Importing 65 Tubs foreign Spirits |
Fined £100
and committed to Winchester Gaol for non payment |
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2 November 1833 |
Thomas Thornback |
Smuggling |
Sentenced to
serve in the Navy for 5 years. |
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8 February 1834 |
Charles Furnismore, James Shirt, John Squire and William Ford |
Smuggling nine Tubs of Foreign Spirits |
Acquitted |
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5 April 1834 |
George Riddett |
Possession of smuggled Spirits |
Fined £17 –
17 – 9 and committed to the County Gaol for non payment |
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|
19 April 1834 |
James Fryer,
James Johnston, John Callaway & Henry Callaway |
Smuggling on the Sarah Rose |
Fined £100
and committed to Winchester Gaol for non payment |
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26 April 1834 |
John Clarke
Sen. and Jun. |
Smuggling |
Acquitted |
The Collector reported that Clarke the elder altered his
appearance by cutting off his hair and whiskers and by a complete
alteration in his ordinary dress so that he was not recognised by the
witness. |
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27 May 1834 |
William
Herbert |
Smuggling |
Fined £100
and committed to Winchester Gaol for non payment |
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7 June 1834 |
Henry
Southcott, James Southcott, and James Thearle, |
For being found in a boat off Bembridge, with contraband goods on board. |
Six months
imprisonment and hard labour |
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15 June 1834 |
John Love |
Smuggling |
Fined £100 |
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21 June 1834 |
William
Coombs |
Smuggling |
Fined £100
mitigated to £1 |
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5 July 1834 |
Mary Ann
Seward |
Carrying
smuggled goods |
Fined £15 –
15 – 0 |
Tried in her absence. |
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26 July 1834 |
Henry Rayner |
Smuggling |
Fined £100
and committed to Winchester Gaol for non payment |
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1 November 1834 |
Abraham Wills |
Smuggling |
Acquitted |
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15 November 1834 |
Lovery Bay |
Carrying and
conveying certain quantities of Foreign Spirits |
Fined £100
and committed to Winchester Gaol for non payment |
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7 February 1835 |
John Hooper,
William Newman and Samuel Slate |
Smuggling on
a vessel |
Committed to
the House of Correction at Winchester for six calendar months |
|
|
21 February 1835 |
William and
Josh Prouten |
Smuggling 19
Gallons Foreign Spirits near Shanklin |
Fined £100
and committed to Winchester Gaol for non payment |
|
|
28 February 1835 |
William
Denham and William Cotton |
Smuggling
Spirits on board the “Emulation” |
Six months
imprisonment and hard labour |
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11 April 1835 |
Barnabas
Spencer of Yarmouth |
Smuggling |
Fined £100
and committed to Gaol for 6 months without hard labour for non payment |
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9 May 1835 |
Wm.
Callaway, Wm. Dore, and John Curry |
Smuggling |
Six months
imprisonment with hard labour, mitigated from 9 months |
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30 May 1835 |
Mary Ann Matthews |
Carrying and conveying four Gallons of Foreign Brandy |
Fined £100
and in
default of payment was committed to the House of Correction at
Winchester for Six Calendar Months without hard labour |
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27 June 1835 |
James Brambles of Cross Lane and James Bull of Shide |
For having a
quantity of smuggled spirits in their houses |
Bull
mitigated penalty of £25, paid. Brambles, who did not appear,fined £100 |
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|
6 July 1835 |
Joseph Attrill and James Harbour |
For having found on board the “Rose” of this Port having had attached 27
Casks Foreign Brandy |
Committed to the House of Correction at Winchester to hard labour for
six months |
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22 August 1835 |
Charles Southcott, E Salter and Thomas Winter |
Carrying sundry Casks of Foreign Spirits |
Committed to the County Goal in default of payment of the Penalty for
six calendar months except Winter who had previously been convicted of
an offence and was committed for six calendar months with hard labour. |
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29 August 1835 |
Samuel Orchard |
Carrying & conveying a Tub of Foreign Spirits containing one & a half
Gallons Brandy |
Fined £100
and committed to Winchester Gaol for non payment |
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29 August 1835 |
Thomas Street alias Thornback alias Lumpett |
Carrying & conveying sixteen skins of Foreign Spirits containing two and
a quarter Gallons Brandy |
Fine £100, for non payment of which the Magistrates committed him to the
House of Correction at Winchester for nine calendar months with hard
labour this being his third offence |
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5 September 1835 |
Arthur Cotton |
Smuggling one Tub containing 3 Gallons of Brandy |
Fined £100
and for non payment committed to Winchester Gaol for six months without
hard labour |
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5 September 1835 |
James Callaway, James Callaway Jun., Benjamin Osmond, Peter Ansell and
Henry Southcott |
Found on board the “Bee” of Guernsey having attached 51 Casks of Spirits
containing One hundred and fifty five Gallons of Brandy |
Committed to the House of Correction at Winchester for six calendar
months with hard labour except James Callaway Jun. who from age (being
only 12 years old) was committed to the County Goal at Newport for six
calendar months without hard labour |
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|
12 September 1835 |
Elizabeth
Stone |
Carrying and conveying 15 Skins containing 27/8
Gallons Foreign Geneva |
Fined £100
and for non payment committed to Winchester Gaol for six months without
hard labour |
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|
12 September 1835 |
Matilda
Green |
Carrying and conveying 15 Skins and 1 Bladder containing 4 Gallons
Foreign Geneva |
Fined £100
and for non payment committed to Winchester Gaol for six months without
hard labour |
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10 October 1835 |
Matilda
Street |
Carrying and conveying 21 Skins containing 2 and three fourth Gallons
Brandy |
Fined £100
and for non payment committed to Winchester Gaol for six months without
hard labour |
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16 November 1835 |
Edward
Moore, James Fox, and William. Granger |
For being
found on board the Swallow, off Dunnose, with a quantity of tobacco
concealed |
Committed to
the
House of Correction at Winchester for six calendar months with hard
labour |
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7 November 1835 |
John Barber |
Carrying and conveying certain quantities of Foreign Spirits |
Fined £100
and for non payment committed to Winchester Gaol for six months without
hard labour |
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14 November 1835 |
Sarah Burt |
Carrying and conveying certain quantities of Foreign Spirits |
Fined £100
and for non payment committed to Winchester Gaol for six months without
hard labour |
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14 November 1835 |
Isaac Cooper |
Assault committed on Morrells and Hayles both Officers of the Coast
Guard at Ryde whilst on duty |
Fined
£5 and for non payment committed him to the House of Correction at
Newport for two calendar months with hard labour |
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28 November 1835 |
Isaac Edmonds, William Hannam and James Hide |
For being on board a Wherry having attached 26 Casks containing 80 Galls
Foreign Brandy |
Committed to the House of Corrections at Winchester for six calendar
months with hard labour.
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|
|
December 1835 |
William and Susan Cotton |
Harbouring a Jar cont 13/8 Galls Brandy |
Acquitted |
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|
14 December 1835 |
Richard Astin
|
Carrying and
conveying two gallons of brandy |
Fined £100
and committed to Gaol for non payment |
|
|
15 January 1836 |
Joseph
Rackett |
Carrying and Conveying two Casks containing 5½ Gallons of Foreign
Brandy. |
Fined £100
and for non payment committed to Winchester Gaol for six months without
hard labour |
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13 February 1836 |
Edward Lacey |
Harbouring and concealing 3 Gallons of Foreign Brandy |
Fined £100,
mitigated to £25. Paid and released. |
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30 April 1836 |
James Payne,
and Robert Riddett, of Brading |
Carrying and
conveying and aiding and assisting &c. in the carrying and conveying of
42 Gallons of Foreign Brandy |
Fined £100
and committed to Winchester Gaol for six months for non payment |
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2 May 1836 |
John Arthur |
Smuggling |
Six months
imprisonment |
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28 May 1836 |
John Jackson |
Aiding and
assisting in the carrying and conveying 2 casks containing 5½ Gallons of
Foreign Brandy in the parish of Arreton |
Acquitted |
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8 July 1836 |
John Kimber |
For
assaulting Mr Frost, an Excise Officer, and attempting to seize a Tub
supposed to contain Foreign Spirits |
Fine one
shilling, as he had already been imprisoned for a fortnight |
Prosecution carried out at the behest of the Excise Supervisor. |
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13 August 1836 |
Joseph
Riddett |
Carrying and
conveying in the Parish of Northwood two Gallons of Foreign Brandy the
Duty on which had not been paid |
Fined £100
and committed to the Common Gaol at Winchester for six months without
hard labour for non payment |
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27 August 1836 |
Isaac
Searle, Cornelius Searle and Tom Smith |
Being found
on board a boat off Bembridge Ledge having on board 50 Gallons of
Foreign Brandy in casks of less size and content than Twenty Gallons
each at the least |
Six months
imprisonment with hard labour |
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3 September 1836 |
James
Brading, Samuel Warn, Harriet Bensey and Jane Wearne alias Matilda
Street |
Carrying and
conveying certain quantities of Foreign Brandy in the Parish of St
Helens on which the duties had not been paid |
Conficted in
the penalty of £100, and in default of payment, Brading, Samuel Wearn
and Bensey six months imprisonment. Jane Wearne nine months imprisonment
as second offence. |
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24 October 1836 |
George and
Abraham Attrill, of Rookley, |
Plundering
the wreck of the Clarendon |
£20 of six
months hard labour |
|
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24 October 1836 |
Wm. Haynes of
Whitwell |
Plundering
the wreck of the Clarendon |
£5 or two
months imprisonment |
|
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24 October 1836 |
W. Gatrell,
of Brixton |
Plundering
the wreck of the Clarendon |
One months
imprisonment |
|
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24 October 1836 |
James Long,
of Chale |
Plundering
the wreck of the Clarendon |
Fined 15s |
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26 November 1836 |
John Clarke
and John Bannister |
Aiding and
assisting and being concerned in the unshipping of 11 lbs net of
manufactured Tobacco |
Fined £100
and committed to the Common Gaol at Winchester for six months for non
payment |
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26 November 1836 |
Isaac
Rabberts |
Carrying and
Conveying in the Parish of Northwood in this Island and County 17/8
Gallons of Foreign Brandy |
Fined £100
and committed to the Common Gaol at Winchester for six months for non
payment |
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10 December 1836 |
Charles.
Southcott, Wm. Southcott, and James Midlane |
Smuggling |
Chas. and
Wm. Southcott fined £100 and committed to Gaol for six months for non
payment, Midlane discharged |
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10 December 1836 |
William
Griffiths |
Smuggling |
Acquitted |
|
|
17 December 1836 |
John
Barrett otherwise John Benzie, age 11 |
Carrying
and conveying at Ryde |
Fined £100
and committed to the Common Gaol at Winchester for six months for non
payment |
|
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19 December 1836 |
Charles
Gilbert |
Carrying
and conveying 7/8 Gal. Foreign Brandy at Ryde |
Fined £5
and for non payment committed to the Common Gaol for one month |
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30 December 1836 |
Thomas White |
Carrying and
conveying in the Parish of Newchurch 1½ Galls of Foreign Brandy |
Fined £100
and committed to the Common Gaol at Winchester for six months for non
payment |
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7 January 1836 |
Ashford
Saunders and Mary Ann Saunders, his Wife |
Harbouring 17/8
Galls of Foreign Brandy |
Ashford
Saunders fined £100 mitigated to £25 and committed to the Common Gaol at
Winchester for six months for non payment. It appears his wife was
acquitted |
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|
14 January 1837 |
Anness James |
Keeping a
“pop shop”, selling Liquor without a Licence. |
Six months
imprisonment |
Excise prosecution |
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21 January 1837 |
James (John)
Midlane and Richard Dawson, butcher, of St. Helens |
Offering
bribes to the preventive men in order that they might run some
contraband goods |
Convicted in
the penalty of £200, which was mitigated to £100, in default of which
they were committed to Winchester gaol until the penalties were paid |
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28 January 1837 |
Jacob Long
and Nicholas Brown |
Assault ? |
Long
convicted in the full penalty of £5 – 0 – 0 and Brown in consideration
of his youth in the mitigated penalty of 5/- |
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27 February 1837 |
William
Jeffery and Wm. Phillips, of Chale |
Plundering a
wreck at Blackgang. |
Fined £5
each, in default of payment committed for two months.
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18 March 1837 |
John Caws |
Conveying
one Tub containing Three Gallons of Foreign Brandy |
Fined £100 and committed to the Common Gaol at Winchester for six months
for non payment |
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6 May 1837 |
John Smith |
Carrying and
conveying in the Parish of Newchurch Six Skins containing 11/16
Gallons of Foreign Brandy |
Fined £100, and in default committed for six months. |
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27 May 1837 |
Abraham
Pragnell |
Selling
and storing Spirits (2 Charges) |
£50 and £100 and committed to the Common Gaol until payment was made
payment |
Excise Prosecution |
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3 June 1837 |
Henry Lane,
of School Green, Freshwater, age 12 |
Harbouring
and concealing contraband goods. |
Fined £100
mitigated to £50 and for non payment committed to the Common Gaol at
Winchester until the Penalty shall be paid |
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17 June 1837 |
William
Harvey |
Harbouring |
Fined the
mitigated penalty of £4 – 1 – 0 |
Also prosecuted on an Excise offence, but acquitted. It appears
that William Harvey the Elder was subsequently tried and acquitted for
the same offence. |
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15 July 1837 |
James
Hillier |
Harbouring |
Fined £100
mitigated to £25 and committed to the Common Gaol at Winchester for six
months for non payment |
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22 July 1837 |
Henry
Harding and James Carter |
Smuggling 62
Tubs at Compton |
Harding
acquitted, case against Carter withdrawn |
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19 September 1837 |
Caroline
Tizzard of Portsea, age 9 |
Carrying and
conveying Foreign Spirits |
Fined £5 and
for no payment committed to the Common Gaol at Newport for one month. |
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7 October 1837 |
William
Shiner |
Carrying and conveying 2 Tubs containing 6 Galls Brandy |
Fined £100 and committed to the Common Gaol at Winchester for six months
for non payment |
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28 October 1837 |
Henry Scott,
James Woodford, Henry Love, and John Callaway |
Being on
board a vessel within certain distances, having had on board diverse
Casks |
Each
sentenced to six months imprisonment and hard labour.
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2 December 1837 |
Charles
Osmond |
Smuggling |
Fined £100 and committed to the Common Gaol at Winchester for six months
for non payment |
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7 December
1837 |
Charles
Roebuck alias Charles Prensey alias Charles Gilbert |
Carrying and
conveying at the Parish of Newchurch three skins and one bladder
containing 5/8 of a gallon of Foreign Brandy |
Fined £5 and for non payment committed to the Bridewell at Newport for
one months imprisonment |
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30 December
1837 |
John Cammell |
Carrying and
conveying two Tubs containing Foreign Brandy in the Parish of Shalfleet. |
Acquitted |
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20 January
1838 |
Richard
Norton |
Carrying and
conveying |
Acquitted |
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17 February 1838 |
Jacob Rogers
and Thomas Tansom |
Being
assembled with others at the Parish of St Helens for the purpose of
carrying and conveying 59 Casks containing 182 Gals Brandy |
Imprisonment
for six calendar months in the House of Correction at Winchester with
hard labour |
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12 May 1838 |
Stephen
Games and John Stallard |
For having
been found on board the Vectis Ten Casks of less size and contents of 20
Gallons each of the description used for Smuggling of Spirits attached |
Committed to
Winchester Goal for six calendar months with hard labour |
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June 1838 |
Wm. Corke,
James Wendover and Joseph Pope |
Assault on
Daniel Bound, a Coast Guard Man |
Corke and
Wendover sentenced to 12 months imprisonment, Pope discharged. |
At Hampshire Quarter Sessions. |
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1 September 1838 |
Thomas Heal |
Carrying and
conveying three gallons of Geneva |
Fined £100, and in default committed for six months to Winchester Common
Gaol. |
He was said to be very deaf. |
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20 October 1838 |
Wm. Abraham,
Wm. Taylor, Thos. Lawrence, and Robert Routledge |
Carrying and
conveying to the shore in a boat 20 lbs of Tobacco |
Abraham,
Thomas and Lawrence fined £100, and in default committed for six months.
Routledge acquitted. |
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23 October 1838 |
John Davis |
Carrying one
pound weights of Cigars |
Fined the
mitigated penalty of 40/- |
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13 December 1838 |
Mary
Gutteridge |
Carrying and
conveying 3/8 Gall of Brandy |
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24 December 1838 |
Thomas Gilkes, a
Foreigner |
For the
removal from the Rio Janeiro Packet in the Roadstead of one half of a
Gallon of Foreign Spirits |
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22 June 1839 |
Daniel
Amier the Steward of the Elizabeth Yacht, John Granger, Jack
Wells & Jeremiah Matthews |
Having in
their possession (concealed) on board the Elizabeth, 183lbs
tobacco |
Amier fined
and paid £100, the others fined £100 and committed to Winchester Gaol
for 6 months. |
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13 July 1839 |
Robert Moir,
Silversmith of Cowes |
Carrying and
conveying 14 oz Segars |
Fined in the
mitigated penalty of £2 – 0 – 0 |
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2 November 1839 |
Thomas Rose,
of Cowes |
Carrying and
conveying seven pounds of smuggled tobacco |
Convicted in
the penalty of £100, but released by the Board on payment of £2. |
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30 November 1839 |
John Reed,
George Stallard and Henry Potts |
Being found
in a boat, within the Port of Cowes, having on board a quantity of
contraband spirits |
Fined £100,
and in default committed to Winchester Gaol until paid. |
Charles Osmond had previously on 23 November been discharged. |
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18 May 1840 |
William
Claxton and James Spraggs |
For having
been discovered on board a Vessel from which a part of the cargo or
lading thereof had been thrown overboard to prevent seizure |
Committed to the House of Correction at Winchester for six calendar
months with hard labour.
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24 August 1840 |
John
Stallard, the elder, and Wm. Southcott |
Having on
board a boat, called the Fanny, two casks containing six gallons
of brandy, contrary to the act for preventive smuggling |
Convicted
and sentenced to six months’ hard labour at Winchester Bridewell |
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6 March 1841 |
James
Crasweller, Thomas Goldring, and George Goldring |
Throwing
overboard the cargo of a smack called Night Owl, of
Portsmouth, when between Nab Light and Selsey Bill |
Convicted
and sentenced to six months’ hard labour at the House of Correction,
Winchester. |
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6 March 1841 |
Reuben
Coleman |
Being found
on board the New Eagle, of Cowes, with 79 casks of contraband
spirits, strung to a warp and part of which tubs were in the boat, and
part in the water |
Convicted
and sentenced to six months’ hard labour at the House of Correction,
Winchester. |
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6 November 1841 |
William
Riddett alias William Shiner and Edward White, Englishmen together with
Jean Rimmier, Auguste L’Amberley, Auguste Martine, Jean F
Chantelle and Jean Russignol, Frenchmen. |
For having been discovered upon the High Seas within One league of the
Coast of the County of Southampton on board the Cutter “L’Aimable
Desire”, with seventy nine Casks of Spirits containing One hundred and
thirty nine Gallons of brandy and one hundred gallons of Geneva.
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Convicted and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, with hard labour,
at Winchester, with the exception of William Riddett, who had a previous
conviction, who received nine months’ imprisonment, with hard labour. Jean Russignol was subsequently released as he was only elven
years of age.
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6 December 1841 |
James
Mackett, of Bembridge, and James Smith |
Carrying and
conveying 5¾ gallons of spirits of brandy, for which no duty had been
paid |
Convicted in
the penalty of £100, and in default were committed to gaol during her
Majesty’s pleasure, or until such fine is paid. |
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1 January
1842 |
Mary Ann
Cooper |
Not known
(possibly for being found with 3 gals of Brandy in a dwelling at
Bembridge) |
Convicted on evidence in the mitigated penalty of Nine Pounds three
shillings and nine pence for the non payment of which she stood
committed until the penalty shall be paid. |
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28 May 1842 |
Robert
Mitchell & Thomas Chiverton |
Smuggling
Tea and Cigars. |
Convicted in
the penalty of £100, and in default were committed to the Common Gaol at
Winchester. |
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25 July 1842 |
George
Dunford, of Cowes |
Smuggling
11½lbs. of tobacco, in the parish of Northwood |
Convicted in
the penalty of £100, and in default were committed to gaol until the
fine is paid. |
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27 August 1842 |
William
Cook, Andrew Cook, Reuben Cooper (Cook) and Israel Chambers |
Unshipping
&c. seventeen Casks containing fifty two gallons of Foreign Brandy at
the Parish of Mottistone |
William Cook
convicted in the penalty of £100, and in default was committed to gaol
until the fine is paid. Others acquitted. |
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17 September 1842 |
Thomas
Morris |
For
smuggling three gallons of Geneva at Niton |
Convicted in
the penalty of £100, and in default were committed to Winchester gaol
until such fine is paid. |
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14 November 1842 |
Thomas
Gilbert and William Kellaway, of Freshwater, and John Brown, of Yarmouth |
Having been
on the high seas, within 100 leagues of the British Coast, on board a
certain vessel, the cargo thereof, being thrown overboard to prevent
seizure and having five casks of spirits containing less than four
gallons each, lashed to the vessel’s quarter. |
Convicted
and sentenced to six months hard labour at Winchester. |
The owner of the vessel, William Chiverton, was subsequently sent
to Winchester Gaol for non payment of the Penalty forbreach of the
Licence. |
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28 January 1843 |
James
Stokes, of Cowes |
For being
concerned in Carrying and Conveying 6½ lbs of Tobacco |
Pleaded
Guilty, convicted and fined £100. In default of payment, committed to
Winchester gaol for six months |
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22 April 1843 |
Edward
Stephens, the younger, of West Cowes, grocer |
Knowingly
harbouring and keeping 986lbs. of coffee, 160lbs of sugar, 32lbs of
pepper, and a demijohn of honey, lately unshipped, and on which duty had
not been paid |
Convicted
and fined £100, which was mitigated to one-fourth, viz. £25. |
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2 May 1843 |
Ansolin
Poligny, and Alphonso Dupore, and Jean Anore |
Being found
in a foreign boat (they not being subjects of her Majesty), liable to
forfeiture, within one league of the shore, which boat had on board 400
gallons of brandy and 85 gallons of Geneva |
Pleaded
Guilty and sentenced to six months’ hard labour at Winchester. |
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27 January 1844 |
William
Lane, Stephen Groves, Edward White, John
Simmonds, Chas Hayles and James Barton
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Smuggling 79
Casks of Spirits on the high seas on the 21st January |
Pleaded Guilty, and were each convicted in the punishment of hard
Labour in the House of Correction at Winchester for six Months. |
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10 August 1844 |
John
Richards of Newport, and George Matthews, of Cowes |
For having
4lbs. 2oz. of tobacco concealed about them when coming ashore from an
American barque |
Convicted in
the Penalty of 25/- and in default of payment to14 days imprisonment |
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23 November 1844 |
Richard
Green and Edward Edney |
For having
had 6½ lbs of Manufactured Tobacco concealed. |
Convicted in
the Penalty of £100 and in default of payment committed to Winchester
Gaol. Subsequently released on payment of a mitigated Penalty of £1
each. |
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28 December 1844 |
William
Williams and Edith Morris |
Concealing
one Cask containing 2¾ Galls Geneva (Foreign) and also 1 Quart Foreign
Geneva. |
Williams
convicted in the penalty of £100, mitigated to £25 and paid. Morris
acquitted. |
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29 May 1845 |
John Hannam |
Landing two
Boxes containing 2 lbs 10 oz Cigars |
Convicted in
the penalty of Two pounds |
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7 June 1845 |
John
Crasweller Joseph Crasweller and George Rogers |
Carrying on
the High Sea five Tubs of Spirits being part of the Cargo of the Vessel
Smack “Olive Branch” of Portsmouth |
Convicted and each sentenced to the punishment of Hard labour for six
months in the House of Correction at Winchester.
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1 March 1846 |
William
Short and Henry Dyer |
Smuggling of 47 Tubs & 50 Flagons 325 gallons of brandy value £374 – 0 –
10 on the Smack Antelope |
Pleaded Guilty, and were each convicted in the penalty of £100and
committed to the House of Correction until the same was paid. |
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6 June 1846 |
Thomas
Wingate, James White, John Cork and Edward Workman |
Having contraband spirits on board the “William and Frank, which on the
approach of the Rose, revenue cutter, they threw overboard. |
Convicted and each sentenced to the punishment of Hard labour for six
months in the House of Correction at Winchester |
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3 April 1847 |
4 Spanish
Seaman (Domingo Villamille and 3 others unnamed) |
Bringing ashore 5 lb 4 oz Cigars |
Each fined 5/- |
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28 April 1847 |
Thomas
Wickenden & William Clark |
Being concerned in concealing five Pounds Foreign Cigars |
Dismissed as they had not been over the side of the vessel |
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31 January 1848 |
Five
Frenchman (unnamed) |
Conveying Bottles of Foreign Spirits. |
Convicted and fined one Guinea each. |
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3 February 1848 |
Jones,
Engineer of the “Prince Albert” Steamer |
Receiving Bottles of Foreign Spirits from the above Five Frenchman |
Acquitted, on the grounds that having thrown the Bottles into the
Furnace it could not be proved they contained Foreign Spirits. |
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26 February 1848 |
Thomas
Cotton |
Carrying 3 Tubs of Spirits in the Parish of Niton. |
Convicted in the Penalty of £100 and for non-payment committed to
the Common Gaol at Newport. |
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26 February 1848 |
William
James Day |
Having on board his Boat One Bottle containing 5½ Gills of Brandy |
Convicted in the Penalty of One Pound ten shillings. |
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18 March 1848 |
Samuel
Barnett and Joseph Cressweller |
Throwing overboard certain goods when pursued by a Revenue Cutter. |
Both Convicted, Samuel Barnett to Imprisonment with hard Labour
for six Months and Joseph Cressweller Imprisonment with hard Labour for
9 Months in the House of Correction at Winchester. |
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8 July 1848 |
Ann Smith |
Being found with 110/32 Gallons classifying
Geneva & 3 Gills Foreign Brandy altogether the value of Twenty shillings
in her house. Also selling Spirits without a Licence (Excise). |
Acquitted on all counts, as it could not be proved that the Premises in
which the seizure was effected belongs to all were in the occupation of
Ann Smith. |
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15 December 1848 |
George
Charles |
Carrying and conveying Two Bottles containing 5 Gills Brandy & 5 Gills
Wine at Ryde Pier. |
Convicted in the Penalty of Two Pounds and fifteen shillings, and
in default of payment of which he has been committed to Prison for
fourteen days |
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28 December 1848 |
David Evans,
the Master & David Jones, Seaman of the “Adelaide” |
Found on board a Boat with one Bottle containing 5 Gills and 2 lbs
Tobacco |
Convicted, David Evans in the penalty of Two Pounds and David
Jones in that of One Pound |
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28 May 1849 |
Henry Hyde
(otherwise Charles Hyde) |
For having on board the Barge called Patch seized at this port on
the 25th September last 240 Tubs of Foreign Spirits |
Convicted on Evidence fined in the Penalty of £100 in default
committed to Portsmouth Gaol for six calendar Months |
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26 July 1849 |
Jean Jourdain
and five other French sailors, the crew of the lugger Providence |
Breach of the Revenue Laws |
Acquitted |
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27 October 1849 |
James
Nash |
Harbouring and concealing a nine gallon casks of Rum which had not paid
duty. |
Acquitted |
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? November 1849 |
William
Brown and his Wife |
? |
Convicted in the Penalty of £2 – 9 – 0 |
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17 November 1849 |
Richard
Dawson |
Breach of the Revenue Laws, carrying uncustomed goods in a cart. |
Convicted in the Penalty of £100. |
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15 December 1849 |
James
Saunders of Adgestone |
For having one gallon of foreign brandy and one gallon of Geneva,
in a pantry in his dwelling house |
Convicted in the Penalty of £100. |
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7 March 1850 |
Henry
Wheeler |
Carrying a Basket containing a Tub of damaged Spirits. |
Convicted in the Penalty of £100 and for non-payment committed to
the House of Correction at Winchester |
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14 March 1850 |
Stephen Gawn |
Carrying a Basket containing a Tub of damaged Spirits. (probably) |
Convicted in the Penalty of £100 and for non-payment committed to
the House of Correction at Winchester |
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20 April 1850 |
Leon de
Amescarcery and Baptista de Barretra |
Importing Eight Boxes of Cigars containing 26 lb 8 oz Cigars |
Convicted in the Penalty of £100 and for non-payment committed to
the House of Correction at Winchester |
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21 May 1850 |
Georgia
Stallard and John Harvey, real name Dyer |
Not known |
Convicted in the Penalty of £100 and for non-payment committed to
the House of Correction at Winchester |
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13 June 1850 |
Thomas
Dallimore & William Southcott of St Helens. |
Smuggling 18 Tubs of Spirits |
Dallimore sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour,
Southcott to nine months imprisonment with hard labour, as a previous
offender |
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20 June 1850 |
Elisha
Jolliffe and Mary, his Wife |
Not known |
Convicted in the Penalty of £100 which was mitigated to £25 and
in default of payment the husband Elisha Jolliffe was committed to the
Common Gaol at Winchester |
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29 June 1850 |
William
Clark & Robert Moth |
Attempting to land some bags containing 62lbs. of cigars |
Convicted in the Penalty of £100 and in default of payment
committed to the Common Gaol at Winchester until the penalty is paid |
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10 August 1850 |
Thomas
Phillips and John Long, of Chale |
Both - making signals by means of flashing a light near Black Gang
Chine.
Long - Burning a light on shore |
Acquitted
Acquitted |
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19 October 1850 |
Abraham
Bascombe, of Fareham, Thomas Rogers, of Emsworth, John Cook, of
Portsmouth, and William Blake, of Littlehampton |
for having been on board a Vessel with contraband Goods within Eight
leagues of the Coast |
Bascombe Acquitted, Charge discontinued against the others. |
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14 December 1850 |
Thomas Grubb
and James Stone |
Being in a boat, & being subjects Of her Majesty, from which
goods had been thrown to avoid seizure, within one hundred leagues of
the English coast. |
Convicted in the Penalty of £100 and in default of payment
committed to the Common Gaol at Winchester with hard labour for six
months |
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22 March 1851 |
A Boy (no
further details) |
Having landed a bottle containing 9/32 of a
Gall of Brandy. |
Convicted in the penalty of One Pound with 5/- costs |
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12 April 1851 |
Thomas
Joseph Cressweller, Thomas Rogers and George Guard |
Having been captured out of bounds, by the Stag, Revenue Cutter, on
board the Duck, a boat belonging to Portsmouth |
Thomas Joseph Cressweller - sentenced to Nine Months and Rogers &
Guard to 6 Months imprisonment with hard Labour in the House of
Correction, Winchester |
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19 April 1851 |
Mario Velich |
Landing 1 lb. 3 oz. of Cigars concealed in a handkerchief from the
Austrian Barque “Venezia” |
Fined £1 |
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15 May 1851 |
Henry
Attrill |
Possessing a Cask of Spirits |
Acquitted. |
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