RETURN OF SEIZURES MADE, AND OF PROSECUTION FOR BREACH OF THE RELATIVE TO TOBACCO
RETURN TO AN ORDER OF
THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF COMMONS, Dated 25th April 1877;- for
RETURN "of the several seizures made, and of the prosecutions for breach of the laws relating to tobacco, between the 5th day of January 1864 and the 5th day of January 1877, distinguishing those in Great Britain from those in Ireland; specifying the places where, and the names of the persons prosecuted, or from whom the seizures were made; the quantities and kinds of goods seized; the results of the examination of the goods, by analysis or otherwise, when seized for adulteration; whether any and what judicial proceedings were taken in each case; result of such proceedings; and amount of fine paid or imprisonment suffered (in continuation of Parliamentary paper, No. 286, of session 1864)"
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Year ended 5th January 1866 - GREAT BRITAIN
| EXCISE COLLECTIONS | SURNAME OF PERSON | GIVEN NAME OF THE PERSON | PLACES WHERE PROSECUTED OR SEIZURES MADE | QUANTITIES & KIND OF GOODS SEIZED | NATURE OF OFFENCES CHARGED OR FOR WHICH THE SEIZURES WERE MADE | RESULTS OF EXAMINATION OF THE GOODS, BY ANALYSIS OR OTHERWISE | WHETHER ANY & WHAT JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS WERE TAKEN | RESULT OF PROCEEDINGS | AMOUNT OF FINE OR IMPRISONMENT | WHETHER THE GOODS SEIZED WERE CONDEMNED OR RESTORED |
| IPSWICH | BRIGG | Joseph | Ipswich | 1lb. Cavendish seized | Cavendish tobacco, not | - | None | - | - | Condemned |
| 3oz. Cavendish purchased | enclosed in wrapper. | |||||||||
| LYNN | HARDON | William | Lynn | - | Hawking tobacco | - | Prosecuted | Convicted | £15 | - |
| MANCHESTER | BAKER | Francis | Stockport | - | Hawking tobacco | - | Prosecuted | Convicted | £12/10s. | - |
| WARRINGTON | MASSEY | John ) | Warrington | 6lbs. Tobacco | Hawking tobacco | Genuine tobacco | Both | Convicted | £12/10s/ | Destroyed |
| CARVER | Robert ) | Prosecuted | Convicted | 1 month | ||||||
| prison | ||||||||||
| LONDON EAST | HISLOP | George Frederick) | Shoreditch | 1,148lbs. Snuff | Adulteration of snuff | Contains not less | Proceedings | Cautioned | - | Condemned |
| LAYLAND | Thomas ) | than 25percent of | in | Cautioned | ||||||
| ground fustic. | Exchequer | |||||||||
| CLARKE | Robert ) | Whitechapel | 35lbs. Snuff; 1/4lb. Snuff | Adulteration of snuff | Contains not less | Compromise | - | £5 | Condemned. | |
| ADAMS | Butler ) | Road | purchased | than 15percent | penalty | |||||
| cereal starch; | imposed by | |||||||||
| believe to be ground | Board. | |||||||||
| Indian corn. | ||||||||||
| HYMAN | David | Cable St. | 1/2lb. Snuff | Adulteration of Snuff | Contains not less | None | - | - | - | |
| Hyman van Nathan Co. | Whitechapel | purchased | than 15percent | |||||||
| cereal starch; | ||||||||||
| believe to be ground | ||||||||||
| Indian corn. | ||||||||||
| SAXBY | Samuel | High Street, | 4.1/2lbs. Snuff; | Adulteration of Snuff | 1st sample contains | Compromise | - | £10 | Condemned | |
| Aldgate | 2lbs. Orris root | 5percent peroxide of | penalty | |||||||
| iron. 2nd. sample | imposed by | |||||||||
| contains red ochre & | Board. | |||||||||
| ground Orris root. | ||||||||||
| MCCARTHY | Matilda | Queen Street, | 19.1/2lbs. Tobacco | Found in unentered | - | Condemned in | - | £2.5s.10.1/2d/ | - | |
| Tower Hill | room. | Exchequer | by sale of | |||||||
| seizure | ||||||||||
| LONDON NORTH | PALMER | Stephen | Great Mary-le- | 1lb. Tobacco | Adulteration of | 1/2lb. contains 1% | Compromise | - | £10 | - |
| bone Street. | purchased. | tobacco | liquorice; 1/2lb. is | penalty | ||||||
| genuine | imposed by | |||||||||
| Board. | ||||||||||
| VAN PRAAG | A. | Crown Street, | 1lb. Cigars purchased | Hawking Cigars | - | - | - | £2 & £2.8s. | - | |
| Soho | 5lbs. Cigars seized. | by sale of | ||||||||
| seizure. | ||||||||||
| ARCHER | A.J. | Tothill Street, | 2.1/4lbs. Tobacco | Adulteration of | Contains 1% liquorice | Compromise | - | £10 | - | |
| Westminster | purchased | tobacco | and essential oils; | penalty | ||||||
| probably wintergreen | imposed by | |||||||||
| Board. | ||||||||||
| GABRIEL | Joseph | London | - | Hawking cigars | - | Prosecuted | Acquitted | - | - | |
| ELGIN | HUTCHINSON | John | Elgin | 121.1/2lbs. Tobacco | Disparity in weight | |||||
| of tobacco | - | - | - | - | Restored | |||||
| GREENOCK | YEATS | John | Greenock | - | Adulteration of | Sample 1 (the original | Compromise | - | £25 | - |
| ALLEN | James | tobacco | leaf) contains no sugar. | penalty | ||||||
| Sample 2 the liquored | imposed by | |||||||||
| leaf contains 9.11% of | Board. | |||||||||
| sugar. The trade's | ||||||||||
| statement as to | ||||||||||
| sheepwash is unworthy | ||||||||||
| of credit. | ||||||||||