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The following copy of an official document will throw a little light into smuggling transactions:-
Port of Rye. An abstract of the seizures made by Thomas Pumphrey, Riding Officer, stationed at Bexhill, within the district of this Port, for the quarter ending at Michaelmas, 1797 - viz., from the 30th day of June, exclusive to the 30th day of September inclusive - and included in his monthly returns, journals and proceedings for the said quarter.
| Date of seizure | When and where made | Species, Quantity, and Package of the Goods seized | For what cause so seized, and from whom | Reasons given for not being more successful in rendering service to the Revenue. N.B. - These reasons are to be specially assigned whenever there has been any failure, either in not making any seizures at all, or in not seizing and securing the whole of the goods, and to be stated by what means, in the latter case, or through whose opposition or resistance, and in what manner such short seizure happened and was occaisioned |
| 5th July | In the day In Bexhill |
Gin, 21 gallons in 6 casks Rum, 18 gallons in 4 casks Brandy, 13 1/2 gallons in 3 casks |
For being illegaly imported Concealed in the Beach |
Secured 1 Cask of Brandy William Miller, Plummer Beechin, Richard Young, and Jeremiah Curtis, with about 150 other men, obstructed and rescued 6 Casks of Gin, 2 Casks of Brandy and 4 Casks or Rum. |
