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    DARING OUTRAGE - Tarred and Feathered, in Deal:

    Whereas Stephen SPAIN, James BOBIAS, John MACKNEY and Henry STOKES, late of Deal, mariners, and others, stand impeached with having violently assaulted John SMITH and Edmond PAIN the elder, of Deal, with having tarred and feathered them, and dragged them about the town of Deal in a cart, and committed other outrages upon the persons of said John SMITH and Edmond PAIN -

    The Commissioners of Excise, for bringing these offenders to Justice, do hereby offer a reward of One Hundred Pounds, to any person or persons who shall discover the said Stephen SPAIN, James BOBIAS, John MACKNEY, and Henry STOKES, so that they may be apprehended; to be paid by the Secretary, on the commitment and safe delivery of two or more of them, into the custody of the keeper of any of His Majesty's gaols. By order of the Board, Thomas BURTON, Secretary, 7 July 1821.

    (Kentish Gazette 17 July 1821 p.1 col.2)

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