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learned were engaged on both 

 sides; the crown lawyers said the 

 officers were certainly right ; the 

 lord's lawyers said he certainly was. 



The cause came on at York as- 

 sizes, and the noise it made was as 

 great as the contested election 

 there. All the wine-bibbing lords 

 of manors in that and the adjoining 

 counties were present, and the 

 court was consequently very much 

 crowded. A special verdict was 

 found, which left the question for 

 the determination of the court of 

 exchequer. 



It came on to be argued. Sir 

 Roger de Coverley's dictum, that 

 " a great deal may be said on both 

 sides," was demonstrated to the 

 fullest extent, by the long-robed 

 band of wordy combatants engaged 

 by the crown and the lord of the 

 manor. 



The court took time to delibe- 

 rate ; and on the last day of last 

 Term, pronounced judgment that 



it was a case which the act requir- 

 ing permits for the removal of wine 

 did not embrace, the act only al- 

 luding to wine which had paid du- 

 ty ; that from the case in Vaughan, 

 it was clear, that wine to be liable 

 to duty must be imported; that 

 wine, as Vaughan said, could not 

 be imported by itself, and must be 

 by the agency of some one else ; 

 and that it was in that case deter- 

 mined, that wine wrecked could not 

 be subject to duty. The lord keeps 

 the wine, and will have to pay an 

 enormous bill of costs for the de- 

 fence of his rights, as in informa- 

 tions by the attorney-general, 

 though the verdict is with the de- 

 fendant, he does not get his costs. 

 John Bull will (but hold, we have 

 just mentioned the name of Mr. 

 Attorney) — and the counsel who 

 were in the cause say, in their opi- 

 nion, it was one of the best casks 

 of wine which ever reached the 

 English coast. 



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