London Gazette index entry detail

Publication details:

Publication date: 30 Apr 1774.

Issue: 11453.

Page: 1.

Parish:

East Grinstead.

Person details:

Name: Sam. Sutton.

Marital Status: Not given.

Occupation: Officer of Excise.

Notes:

Excise-Office, April 29, 1774. WHereas, on Sunday the 10th of April instant, about Four o'Clock in the Morning, several Persons, armed with large Bludgeons and other offensive Weapons, forced themselves into the House of Samuel Sutton, an Officer of Excise, at East Grinstead; and, after binding the said Sutton’s Hands and Feet, and securing his Maid-Servant, did forcibly take away four Hundred and twenty-four Pounds Weight of Tea, which had been condemned by the Justices of the Peace for the County of Sussex. For the bringing such Offenders to Justice, the Commissioners of Excise do hereby give Notice, That if any Person or Persons will make Discovery of the said Offenders, so as they or any of them may be apprehended, such Person or Persons shall receive a Reward of FIFTY POUNDS, to be paid by the Receiver General of the Excise, on the Conviction of the Offenders, or any one of them. St. Brookbank.

Batch:

GAZ_London-Gazette-01.csv.

Transcribed by:

Michael Metcalfe.

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