Testimony regarding smuggling activities and illicit tea/brandy sales on Isle of Man
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- Name
- Testimony regarding smuggling activities and illicit tea/brandy sales on Isle of Man
- Description
- A deposition or court testimony documenting smuggling operations involving tea and brandy sales to ship captains at Douglas Bay. The account describes the arrival of the Lurcher Cutter from Belfast and an Excise cutter from Whitehaven, with details of illicit goods purchases and tensions between Excise officers and local inhabitants.
- Type
- Financial Data
- Archive / Repository
- md:20260219_140659.md
- img:20260219_140659.jpg
- Type
- Court Presentment
- Provenance
- Text appears to end mid-sentence ('that') suggesting document continues beyond this excerpt.
- Language
- English