# Trade with France Act 1692, Section VII: VII. Captains, &c. embezzling Goods, &c.


Penalty.; Proof how and before whom made.; Penalty how distributed.
Provided always and be it enacted that if any Captains or other Officers Mariners or Seamen who shall take such Prize or Prizes as aforesaid shall imbezel purloine conceal or convey away or put on shore or cause or procure to be imbezelled purloined concealed or conveyed away or put on shore any part or parcell of such Goods or Merchandizes in any place whatsoever other then their Majesties Warehouses of the said Ports as aforesaid such Person so offending shall forfeit and lose the whole share benefitt and advantage which otherwise hee might or ought to have had in the Prize whereof the Goods & Merchandizes so imbezelled concealed or conveyed away or put on shore were part or parcel upon proof thereof made by one or more witnesses upon Oath before the Co[m]missioners of the Customs in the Port of London (if such Goods and Merchandizes shall bee so imbezelled or put on shore in the said Port or in any place within the view or knowledge of any of the Officers of their Majesties Customs belonging to the Port of London) and before the chief Magistrate of the place in the presence of the chief Officer of the Port in any other Port where such Prize Goods shall be imported which Oath the said Co[m]issioners of the Customs in the Port of London and the chief Magistrate respectively are hereby required and impowered to administer and to heare and determine the said Matter without delay And one moiety of the said Wares and Merchandizes shall be to the use of the informer and shall be delivered to him by Warrant of the said Co[m]missioners of the Customs in the Port of London or of the chief Magistrate of the place signed and sealed in the presence of the chief Officer of the Customs in such Port respectively and the other moiety shall be to the use of their Majesties their Heires and Successors.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/WillandMar/4/25/section/VII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/trade-with-france-act-1692/section-VII
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