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An eighteenth-century woodcut of a Riding Officer working for the British Inland Revenue and Customs Department. He was land based and toured his own area of the British coastline to prevent smuggling, illegal immigrants landing on the shoreline and any other illicit practices including illegal exports and activities of gangs such as the Hawkhurst Gang.
Edexcel Crime and punishment in Britain, c.1000–present
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