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... of certain articles as contraband . Tobacco , liquor , jewels , silks , laces ,
gowns , fur coats , perfumes — these and a few other articles liable to high import
duties always come to CHAPTER INTRODUCTION NTRABAND I CONTRABAND
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... of certain articles as contraband . Tobacco , liquor , jewels , silks , laces ,
gowns , fur coats , perfumes — these and a few other articles liable to high import
duties always come to CHAPTER INTRODUCTION NTRABAND I CONTRABAND
.
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In Philadelphia in 1769 , a revenue officer , John Swift , seized a cargo of
Madeira wine and placed the confiscated liquor in a warehouse . But just as the
Hawkhurst gangand present - day rum runners - broke into the storehouse and ...
In Philadelphia in 1769 , a revenue officer , John Swift , seized a cargo of
Madeira wine and placed the confiscated liquor in a warehouse . But just as the
Hawkhurst gangand present - day rum runners - broke into the storehouse and ...
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Just as it is impossible to overhaul and search every small launch or fishing or
pleasure boat today and thus put an effective end to liquor smuggling , so , with a
far smaller force of men and fewer vessels , the government of a century ago ...
Just as it is impossible to overhaul and search every small launch or fishing or
pleasure boat today and thus put an effective end to liquor smuggling , so , with a
far smaller force of men and fewer vessels , the government of a century ago ...
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Not until long afterwards was it discovered that her contraband cargo of liquor
had been safely reposing on the bottom of the little harbor , several fathoms
beneath the feet of the inquisitive revenue officers , and secured to the anchor
cable by ...
Not until long afterwards was it discovered that her contraband cargo of liquor
had been safely reposing on the bottom of the little harbor , several fathoms
beneath the feet of the inquisitive revenue officers , and secured to the anchor
cable by ...
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Very often , too , contraband that was not injured by immersion , especially
liquors , would be dropped overboard with a buoy attached by some incoming
ship , to be picked up later by the smugglers when no revenue officers were near
.
Very often , too , contraband that was not injured by immersion , especially
liquors , would be dropped overboard with a buoy attached by some incoming
ship , to be picked up later by the smugglers when no revenue officers were near
.
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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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