If youre thinking of smuggling a little silk or other contratiand into England, think again. At Croydon yesterday Lady Prescott, wife of a baronet, was fined no less than £1,00 (the addition of two guineas coste seems rather a pathos) for trying to smuggle jewellery, Bats. a silk night gown and some furs. Their total value was £680. 103. the duty on them would have been £203. 18s. 4d. And the lady has to pay £1,500
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