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by prevailing on the Deroga, to put down, every time a weight was named, less than the weighers named.
This was discover’d by the Men employ’d to weigh, and they told Mr. Riddel of it. Mr. Riddel took means to get back again the overplus of Salt, but before it could be done, the Man escaped from custody.
Mr. Cottrell. Was call’d but his evidence was short because what he was call’d to prove appear’d in writing, and therefore he could not give verbal evidence of it. He said the board of Trade gave no Orders to seize the Persons of Men who attempted to smuggle Salt.
Impey. [Shorthand]