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   Brief for the prosecution,

   with witnesses' statements, in the case of Rex v. Thomas Spry, Thomas

 Duke, William Meeten and Thomas Trevett, accused of forcibly and

 illegally detaining William Souter and John Morley of Storrington. (2

 copies and draft) - ref. - date: 1805

   Spry and Duke were members of a pressgang based at Littlehampton, the

 other two were said to be notorious smugglers, and the pressing to have

 been set up because Souter stole some tubs of spirits from James Searle

 of Cootham Common, the master smuggler.