# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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Cap. 46. GEORGII III. REGIS. 741

Verdict or Demurrer, Judgement ſhall be given againſt
the Plaintiff or Plaintiffs, the Defendant or Defendants
ſhall and may recover Treble Coſts, and have ſuch Re- Treble Coſts.
medies for the ſame, as any Defendant or Defendants
can or may have in other Caſes where Coſts are given
by Law.

XLI. And be it further enacted, That if any Perſon or Any Perſon obſtructing an
Perſons ſhall obſtruct, aſſault, reſiſt, oppoſe, moleſt, or Officer in the Execution of
hinder, any Officer or Officers of Exciſe, in the due this Act, ſhall forfeit 200*l*.
Execution of the ſeveral Powers and Authorities given
or granted to ſuch Officer or Officers, by this or any other
Act now in Force relating to Diſtillers, Rectifiers, or
Compounders of Britiſh Spirits for Home Conſumption,
or for Exportation, or to Sellers of, or Dealers in,
Brandy, Arrack, Rum, or other Spirits or Strong
Waters; every Perſon or Perſons ſo offending, ſhall (ex=
cept in ſuch Caſe for which other Penalties are herein=
before directed) forfeit and loſe, for every ſuch Offence,
the Sum of Two hundred Pounds.

XLII. And be it further enacted, That all Penalties Penalties and Forfeitures
and Forfeitures impoſed by this Act (and not herein= how to be re-
before otherwiſe directed) ſhall be ſued for, recovered, and covered and applied.
levied by ſuch Ways, Means, and Methods, as any Fine,
Penalty, or Forfeiture, is or may be ſued for, recovered,
or levied, by any Law or Laws of Exciſe, or by Action
of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of His
Majeſty's Courts of Record at Weſtminſter, if the Matter
ſhall ariſe in England or Wales, or the Town of Berwick
upon Tweed, or in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland,
if the Matter ſhall ariſe in that Part of the United
Kingdoms; and that One Moiety of every ſuch Fine,
Penalty, or Forfeiture, ſhall be to His Majeſty, His
Heirs or Succeſſors, and the other Moiety to him, her,
or them who ſhall diſcover, inform, or ſue for the ſame.

XLIII. Provided always, and be it further enacted,
That no Perſon who ſhall be ſued or proſecuted for any No Perſon to
of the Penalties given by this Act, ſhall be proſecuted be proſecuted Twice for the
for the ſame Offence under any former Act; nor ſhall any ſame Offence.
Perſon who ſhall be ſued or proſecuted for the Penalty
given by any former Act, be proſecuted again for the ſame
9 B Offence