Custom House Raid

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Custom House Raid, 1747
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Custom House Raid, 1747

Extract from Salisbury Journal 12th October 1747 describing a raid on Poole Custom House. The 'Company of persons' are the Hawkhurst Gang (KH)
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Custom House Raid- Smugglers captured, 1747
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Custom House Raid- Smugglers captured, 1747

Extract from the Salisbury Journal 26th October 1747. A number of the gang of smugglers who broke into the Custom House at Poole have been captured at Dalton by a party of Dragoons. (The 'gang of smugglers' are known as the Hawkhurst Gang- KH)
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Dorset Smugglers

Museum Ref No: MAR 364.13309423
Dorset Smugglers by Roger Guttridge, published by Dorset Publishing Co.,Sherborne, 1984. Illus. ISBN 0902129 53 8. Pages 36-42
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Hawkhurst Raid

Museum Ref No: PLA 942.337
History of the Town and County of Poole by John Sydenham, Poole, Sydenham, 1839 Pages 142-144
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Smuggling and Smugglers in Sussex

Museum Ref No: MAR 364.13309422
Smuggling and Smugglers in Sussex. Includes '...Unparalleled Murders ...' (Anon, 1749), a Sermon and 'Smuggling in Sussex' by William Durrant Cooper. Published by W. J. Smith, Brighton, undated. Illus.
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Smuggling Days

Museum Ref No: MAR 364.13309423
Smuggling Days by K. Merle Chacksfield, published by Dorset Publishing, Milborne Port, 1966. ISBN 0 902129 56 2. Pages 102-107
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Trial of the Hawkhurst Gang

Transcript and original text of proceedings at the Old Bailey in April 1749. Describes the events of 7th October 1747 when the Hawkhurst Gang broke into Poole Custom House.
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