London Gazette index entry detail

Publication details:

Publication date: 24 Dec 1757.

Issue: 9751.

Page: 1.

Parish:

Arundel.

Person details:

Name: William Dodd.

Marital Status: Not given.

Occupation: Customs Officer.

Notes:

Custom House, London, November 18, 1757. Whereas on Tuesday the 8th Instant, in the night, John Miles and William Dodd, Officers of the Customs, belonging to the Port of Arundell in Sussex, with four Dragoons, fell in with a large Gang of Smuglers, to the Number of Fifty or upwards, who were loading a great Number of Horses with Tea, and upon the Officers attempting to seize the same, a Signal was given by the Smuglers to a Cutter lying near the Shore, belonging to Selsey near Chichester, commanded by one Thomas Green, as represented by the Account transmitted to the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Customs, from which Cutter the said Tea was brought and landed, as there is great Reason to believe ; And whereas thereupon a great Quantity of Fire Arms and other offensive Weapons were brought from the Cutter to the Smuglers on the Shore, with which they (the Smuglers) fired upon the Officers and Dragoons, and shot one Thomas Cole, a Dragoon of the Iniskilling Regiment, commanded by the Honourable Lieutenant General Cholmondley, who is since dead, and also dangerously wounded another Dragoon, and violently beat and abused one of the Officers of the Customs, and rescued from the Officers much the greatest Part of the said Tea. The Commissioners of His Majesty’s Customs, in order to bring the Offenders to Justice, and the more effectually to put a Stop to such illegal, violent, and outragious Proceedings, do hereby promise a Reward of One Hundred Pounds to any Person or Persons who shall apprehend the said Offenders, or any or either of them, so that they may be dealt with according to Law, to be paid by the Receiver General of His Majesty’s Customs, on Conviction of each of the said Offenders. And any of the Persons who were concerned in the Rescue of the Goods aforesaid, who shall, within three Months after such Offence, discover two or more of their Accomplices, so as they be convicted thereof, will be intitled to a Reward of Fifty Pounds ; and every such Person so discovering, will be clearly acquitted and discharged of his Offence aforesaid, by the Act of the 9th of His present Majesty. By Order of the said Commissioners, William Wood, Secretary.

Batch:

GAZ_London-Gazette-01.csv.

Transcribed by:

Michael Metcalfe.

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