Corrupt Ministers, the Cause of Publick Calamities, Or, The Interest of the King and His People, One: Being a Brief Relation of Some Publick Crimes Committed in the Government During the Late War ... |
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... Lords of the Admiralty have had great Discoveries laid before them , of Embe- zelments , and other great Frauds committed in the Kings Yards , attended with Forgery and Per- jury . B Fourthly , 3 Fourthly , That it is manifeft , that fome.
... Lords of the Admiralty have had great Discoveries laid before them , of Embe- zelments , and other great Frauds committed in the Kings Yards , attended with Forgery and Per- jury . B Fourthly , 3 Fourthly , That it is manifeft , that fome.
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... yard , Mr. Baten , Clerk of the Survey , and Sub - commiffioner for Prizes , and other Officers of the Yard . Upon which , divers Perfons were in- dicted and Tried at the King's - Bench - Bar , where the Commiffioners of the Navy ...
... yard , Mr. Baten , Clerk of the Survey , and Sub - commiffioner for Prizes , and other Officers of the Yard . Upon which , divers Perfons were in- dicted and Tried at the King's - Bench - Bar , where the Commiffioners of the Navy ...
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... Yard with Pitch , Tar , Oyl , & c . ) But when the Judge came the Circuit , the Mayor never delivered in his Recog- nizances , whereupon the Court fined him 200 7. Up- on which , Captain Wilshaw , the Commiffioner of Portsmouth Yard ...
... Yard with Pitch , Tar , Oyl , & c . ) But when the Judge came the Circuit , the Mayor never delivered in his Recog- nizances , whereupon the Court fined him 200 7. Up- on which , Captain Wilshaw , the Commiffioner of Portsmouth Yard ...
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... Yard to one Zachariah Coates , Sixteen Tun twelve hundred pound weight of Hemp , under the Notion of Rackings , or Fly . ings , at thirty Shillings per Tun . Upon which , five Hoyes were Laden with Hemp ( crammed full in the Hold , and ...
... Yard to one Zachariah Coates , Sixteen Tun twelve hundred pound weight of Hemp , under the Notion of Rackings , or Fly . ings , at thirty Shillings per Tun . Upon which , five Hoyes were Laden with Hemp ( crammed full in the Hold , and ...
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... Yard , and found upon a furvey , by the proper Officer of the Yard , to be forty Pound per Cent . worle , than what was delivered by another Person . Twice did I Lay this Matter open in Print , and offered to prove it . Yet no notice ...
... Yard , and found upon a furvey , by the proper Officer of the Yard , to be forty Pound per Cent . worle , than what was delivered by another Person . Twice did I Lay this Matter open in Print , and offered to prove it . Yet no notice ...
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