Attorney General v John Lade, who prays Liberty to enter his Claim
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1745 |
| Date | 01 January 1745 |
| Court | Exchequer |
English Reports Citation: 145 E.R. 712
IN THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER
[57] hilary term, 19 oeo. 2, 1745. attorney general ayainst john lade, who prays Liberty to enter his Claim.- Upon an information of seizure of British and foreign coins, there is no occasion for a writ of appraisement, or a second proclamation ; and judgment may be for the coins themselves. Middlesex.-Of several parcels of gold and silver coin seized by John Slater as forfeited, and recovered for the use of His Majesty.-Ue it remembered, that Sir Dudley Ryder, Knight, His Majesty's attorney general, who prosecuteth for His said Majesty, being present here in court the twenty-third day of January in this term, in his proper person doth, on the behalf of His said Majesty, inform this court, that John Slater, an officer of His Majesty's customs, between the first day of February last past, PARKER, 58. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. LADE 713 aud the said day of the exhibiting of this information, at RatcIifF in the county of Middlesex, within the port of London, did seize to the use of His said Majesty, as forfeited, several pieces of gold and silver coin of this realm of (treat Britain, (that is to say), two hundred and ninety-four pieces of gold coin called guineas, ninety-two pieces of gold coin called half guineas, and several pieces of silver coin of the value of one hundred and thirty-five pounds eleven shillings; and also [58] several pieces of foreign gold coin, (that is to say), thirty-four pieces of gold coin called rnoidores, six pieces of gold coin called half moidores, four pieces of gold coin called quarter moidores, three pieces of gold coin each of the value of three pounds twelve shillings, thirteen pieces of gold coin each of the value of one pound sixteen shillings, three pieces of gold coin each of the value of eighteen shillings, and four pieces of gold coin each of the value of nine shillings, of the goods and chattels of persons to the said attorney general unknown ; for that the said several pieces of gold and silver coin of this realm, and also the said silver pieces of foreign gold coin, within the time aforesaid, at Ratcliff aforesaid, in the said county of Middlesex, within the port of London aforesaid, were found by him the said John Slater, in the keeping of a certain person or certain persons unknown, that was or were passing out of the said port, and also out of Great Britain, into parts beyond" the seas, being over and above the reasonable expences of the said person or persons, without the special licence of His said Majesty for that purpose had, and without any entry made of the said foreign coin, or any part thereof, in the customhouse of the said port, contrary to the form of the statutes in that behalf made and provided ; by reason whereof the said several pieces of gold and silver coin of this realm, and also the said several pieces of foreign gold coin, became forfeited i wherefore His Majesty's said attorney general, for His said Majesty, prayeth the judgment of the court in the premisses, and that the said several pieces of gold and silver coin of this realm, and also the said [59] several pieces of foreign gold coin, may for the reasons aforesaid remain forfeited, according to the form of the said statutes. Whereupon proclamation being made for His said Majesty, as the custom is, that if any one would inform the court here, why the said several pieces of gold and silvei- coin of this realm, twid also the said several pieces of foreign gold coin, should not, for the reasons aforesaid, remain forfeited, he might come, and he should be heard ; and no one appearing to do this, it is adjudged by the barons here, that the said several pieces of gold and silver coin of this realm, and also the said several pieces of foreign gold coin, do, for the reaspns aforesaid, remain forfeited ; and that the said John Slater be charged towards His said...
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