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On Sunday and yesterday mornings, John Rough, assisting water bailiff, took into custody John Cole, man and Henry Soper, two fishermen, at work with their nets at Wandsworth, fishing for smelts, contrary to law, and fourteen others; the first was stalling the tide with two anchors. His Lordship, after examining them, fined the first in the penalty of 7l. and ordered his net and anchors to be destroyed; the others were severely reprimanded, and their nets ordered to be detained until the proper time allowed for using them to catch smelts, and were dismissed.