RETURN OF SEIZURES MADE

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)"

The following information has been transcribed from a booklet, owned by the Webmaster, it has been transcribed in full by me, verbatim. I have proof read several times, but as always I would be happy to accept any reasonable requests to re-check my transcribing. There is no other information whatsoever on this booklet, I have 'drained it dry'.

Return Great Britain

Year ended 5th January 1866 IRELAND

Columns Headed: "Quantities" "What happened to the goods" and "Results of Proceedings", were not included as there was nothing shown in these three columns.

EXCISE COLLECTIONS	SURNAMES OF THE PERSONS PROSECUTED	GIVEN NAMES OF THE PERSONS PROSECUTED	PLACES WHERE PROSECUTED OR SEIZURES MADE	NATURE OF OFFENCES CHARGED, OR FOR WHICH THE SEIZURES WERE MADE	RESULTS OF EXAMINATION OF THE GOODS BY ANALYSIS OR OTHERWISE, WHEN SEIZED FOR ADULTERATION	WHETHER ANY AND WHAT JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS WERE TAKEN IN EACH CASE	AMOUNT OF FINE PAID, OR IMPRISONMENT SUFFERED
BANDON	WHITE	Catherine	Tralee	Adulteration of	Sample 1 (liquored leaf)	Compromise	£25
				tobacco	contains 25% fermentable	penalty
					sugar. Sample 2 (original	imposed by
					leaf) is genuine	Board.

LONDONDERRY	HOLMES	William	Londonderry	Adulteration of	Sample 1 of the casing	Compromise	£25
				tobacco	liquor is very dilute	penalty
					tobacco extract, and contains	imposed by
					liquorice, though only in	Board.
					small quantity. Sample 2
					cased with the above,
					also contains liquorice, but in
					too small a quantity to enable
					us to fix a %. It is in other
					respects genuine

	HASTINGS and	-	Londonderry	Adulteration of	Sample 1 is diluted treacle; it	Compromise	£25
	HAMILTON	-		tobacco	contains about half its weight	penalty
					of saccharine matter. Sample 2	imposed by
					of leaf, sprinkled with the	Board.
					above, contains 2.8% of
					fermentable sugar. Sample 3
					of original leaf, is in all
					respects genuine.

	HOLMES	William	Londonderry	Adulteration of	Sample 1 sprinkled leaf,	Prosecuted	£37.10s.
				tobacco	contains 1/2% liquorice
					juice. Sample 2, original
					leaf, is genuine.