To the Honourable the Knights, Commissioners of Shires, Citizens and Burgesses of Great Britain, in Parliament Assembled: The Humble Petition of John Rotherham caption title

by John Rotherham

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Fraud In the Tobacco Trade A petition to Parliament by John Rotherham, charging that massive fraud has been committed in drawbacks on tobacco imports. Rotherham, a long-time tobacco trader, states that a full quarter of the year's tobacco was falsely marked as damaged by traders in order to avoid paying duties. He recommends that to prevent this fraud, all tobacco marked damaged should be destroyed. He also recommends that a current bill for Lessening the Draw-back on

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