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on the Coast near Hornsea, within a
few miles North and South of that place,
and that a quantity has been conveyed
to Beverley, & to this Town & clandestinely
sold. The following statement relates to
a quantity taken to Beverley - I am not yet
prepared to bring under your notice the
quantity brought to this Town. The under-
mentioned quantities were sold by the parties
named to Mr Wm Smith of Brandes Burton

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John Smith Labourer 1. 2. 14 for £3. 14. 0
Attwick
Leonard Barker - do - 4. 3. 21 " 7 13 0
Mathew Willisen - do - 1. 0. 26 " 1. 19 0

7. 3. 5

Being at the rate of 4/- per stone of 14 lbs
which on inquiry we find to be a fair dealing
price for damaged Tallow. Mr Smith
occupies a couple of fields at Brandes Burton
and, as his father did before him, carries
on the business of purchasing de[?]ceased & dead
animals of all sorts which he skins, and
extracts the fat therefrom. The skins he
sells to Tanners, the fat to Tallow chandlers
The Tallow above mentioned he took to Beverley
and sold to Mr Frederick John Yates, Tallow
chandler, who weighed it [?] 7. 3. 14 and paid
him £15. 15. 0 being at the rate of 40/ per cart
which is a fair price, many stones adhering
thereto. As soon as the circumstances came
to my knowledge, I dispatched two Officers
to seize the same, when, on preceeding
to the premises of Mr Yates, it was found
from its offensive state to have been
melted down with Tallow of a superior
quality, but Mr Yates immediately
exhibited his Day Book, & pointed out
the entry of the purchase, and as the