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Lace Act 1697
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VI.In Question whether Goods seized are Foreign,
Proof that same is English upon Importer, &c.
And be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid That if any Question or Doubt shall arise whether any Bone-lace Loom-lace Needle-work Point or Cutt-work imported found seized kept sold bartered or offered to sale or barter as aforesaid or any part thereof were made & manufactured in Parts beyond the Seas contrary to this or any other Act the proof that the said Bone-lace Loom-lace Needle-work Point and Cutt-work so found or seized and every part thereof was made and manufactured in the Kingdome of England Dominion of Wales or Towne of Berwick upon Tweed shall be onely upon the Importer Keeper Seller Retailer Barterer him her or them in whose Hands or Custody the same shall be found as aforesaid and not upon the Informer Seizer or Prosecutor that they were manufactured beyond the Seas.
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