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Page 4
... are dutiable as imports . Indeed , of the two , contraband exports have been
more widely and profitably smuggled than contraband imports , while , in many
cases , the smugglers win literally going and coming . It is a case of heads I win ,
tails ...
... are dutiable as imports . Indeed , of the two , contraband exports have been
more widely and profitably smuggled than contraband imports , while , in many
cases , the smugglers win literally going and coming . It is a case of heads I win ,
tails ...
Page 91
Mr . Beattie , for the Customs , said Leonard Gray was a forwarding and shipping
agent , and it was alleged that the scheme was to bring the brandy across in a
trawler and run it ashore at Cuckmere Haven ( near Beachy Head ) , but owing to
...
Mr . Beattie , for the Customs , said Leonard Gray was a forwarding and shipping
agent , and it was alleged that the scheme was to bring the brandy across in a
trawler and run it ashore at Cuckmere Haven ( near Beachy Head ) , but owing to
...
Page 120
Of course , at times , they had set - tos with the officials , but even in these blood
was seldom if ever shed and the worst that happened would be a few heads
cracked . They seldom or never resorted either to cold steel or firearms as
weapons ...
Of course , at times , they had set - tos with the officials , but even in these blood
was seldom if ever shed and the worst that happened would be a few heads
cracked . They seldom or never resorted either to cold steel or firearms as
weapons ...
Page 121
Binding the men securely , the smugglers carried them to the verge of a high and
precipitous cliff and placed them with their heads overhanging the edge . Then ,
warning them that the slightest movement or outcry would result in their being ...
Binding the men securely , the smugglers carried them to the verge of a high and
precipitous cliff and placed them with their heads overhanging the edge . Then ,
warning them that the slightest movement or outcry would result in their being ...
Page 123
With a crash such as might have been made by the proverbial bull in a china
shop , and with cries of agony as the shattered bits of filched crockery cut into his
flesh , Wearne came tumbling head - over - heels into the small boat . For years ...
With a crash such as might have been made by the proverbial bull in a china
shop , and with cries of agony as the shattered bits of filched crockery cut into his
flesh , Wearne came tumbling head - over - heels into the small boat . For years ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Smugglers and Smuggling |
| Author | Alpheus Hyatt Verrill |
| Publisher | Duffield, 1924 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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