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The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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During a recent adjourned session of the Supreme Court, verdicts were issued on nearly a dozen claims involving seized British goods for illegal importation, mostly from the ship Perseverance from St. Thomas, with one from New-York. All were forfeited, with the state's share from the Perseverance seizures expected to exceed 4000l.
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From the Danish island of St. Thomas. That which is particularised was from New-York. In this last, and in seven of the others, general verdicts were found for the prosecutor: one was special. The Court pronounced judgment of forfeiture upon all. It is supposed that the half for the state, arising out of the seizures by the ship Perseverance, will exceed 4000l.
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Late Adjourned Sitting
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judgment of forfeiture upon all seized goods; state's half from perseverance seizures expected to exceed 4000l.
Event Details
Near a dozen verdicts given on claims of British goods seized for illegal importation; all but one from ship Perseverance from St. Thomas, one from New-York; general verdicts for prosecutor in eight cases, one special; all forfeited.