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Ale Measures Act 1698
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II.Innkeeper, &c. selling Ale or Beer in Vessels not stamped, &c. or refusing to give Account of Number of Quarts or Pints, may not detain Goods, &c. for Payment, but left to his Action at Law.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Inn-keeper Ale-house-keeper Victualler Sutler or other Retailer aforesaid shall from and after the Nine and twentieth Day of September One thousand seaven hundred retaile utter or sell any Ale or Beer in any Vessell not signed stampt or marked as aforesaid to any Traveller or other Person or Persons or if in giveing any Account or Reckoning in Writing or otherwise such Inn-keeper Ale-house-keeper or other Retailer as aforesaid shall refuse or deny to give in the particuler Number of Quarts or Pints of Ale or Beer for which Demand is made in such Account it shall not be lawfull for any such Inn-keeper Ale-house-keeper or other Retailer as aforesaid for Default of Payment of such Reckoning to detaine any Goods or other Thing or Things belonging to the Person or Persons from whom such Reckoning shall be due but shall be left to his Action at Law for the same Any Custom or Usage to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding
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