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Persons found or having been on board of Vessels liable to Forfeiture, wearing Disguise shall, on Conviction, be transported.
8 G. 1. c. 18.
§ 6.
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IV. ‘And Whereas by an Act passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the First, intituled An Act to prevent the clandestine removing of Goods, and the Danger of Infection thereby; and to prevent Ships breaking their Quarantine; and to subject Copper Ore of the Production of the British Plantations to such Regulations as other enumerated Commodities of the like Production are subject, certain Provisions are made against Persons found passing with Foreign Goods, landed without Payment of Duties, in their Custody, from any of the Coasts of this Kingdom, or within the Space of Twenty Miles of any of the said Coasts, wearing any Vizard, Mask or other Disguise: And Whereas it is expedient to extend the like Provisions with respect to any Person or Persons so disguised and found or discovered on board certain Vessels found within the British or Irish Channels, or elsewhere within certain Distances of the Coast of this Kingdom;’ Be it therefore enacted, That if any Person or Persons, being His Majesty’s Subject or Subjects, shall be found or taken on board, or discovered to have been on board any Ship, Vessel or Boat liable to Forfeiture under any of the Provisions of any Act or Acts of Parliament, for being found or having been at anchor or hovering within any such Distances of any of the Dominions of His Majesty, with such Goods on board as subject such Ship, Vessel or Boat, or Goods, to Forfeiture, wearing any Vizard, Mask or other Disguise, such Person or Persons shall be adjudged guilty of Felony, and shall on Conviction for such his, her or their Offence, be transported as a Felon for the Space of Seven Years; and if any such Offender shall return into Great Britain or Ireland before the Expiration of the said Seven Years, he, she or they so returning shall suffer as a Felon, and have Execution awarded against him, her or them, as Persons attainted of Felony without Benefit of Clergy.
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