Petition regarding smuggling practices and enforcement powers in Isle of Man
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- Name
- Petition regarding smuggling practices and enforcement powers in Isle of Man
- Description
- A petition excerpt concerning illicit trade and smuggling in the Isle of Man, discussing how smugglers exploit the island as a convenient landing point. The document references the Act of George I (Cap. 21, Sec. 9) prohibiting importation of India goods into the Isle of Man and requests extension of Exchequer court powers in Scotland to match those in England and Ireland for seizure proceedings.
- Archive / Repository
- md:20260219_141028.md
- img:20260219_141028.jpg
- Type
- Petition
- Creator
- Your Memorialists
- Provenance
- Fragment of a longer document; begins and ends mid-sentence. Final line is incomplete.
- Language
- English