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Gentleman's Magazine 1745 p.385

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Smuggling Wool

The Historical Chronicle for Thursday 4 July 1745 has:-
WAS a trial in the court of exchequer on an information against one Simpson of Whitehaven, Cumberland, for running wool to France, when the jury found him guilty of running 2700 lb, the penalty of which is 405 l.
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