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Judge Buller heard Lord Mansfield say that the object of the exception in regard to Spain and Portugal was to encourage--yes, to encourage--the smuggling trade.
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Quincy recounts a statement by Lord Mansfield regarding the British law's encouragement of smuggling in relation to Spain and Portugal.
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