{"id":3146,"date":"2026-08-02T12:31:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crimesofthecenturies.com\/?p=3146"},"modified":"2026-08-02T12:31:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T11:31:08","slug":"floriston-smugglers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimesofthecenturies.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/02\/floriston-smugglers\/","title":{"rendered":"Floriston smugglers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Floriston smugglers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Floriston today is (in railway circles) famous for its level crossing, which is part of the main West Coast line to\/from Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apparently, it used to have a railway station, till 1950.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Look at a map, and it\u2019s easy to see why they closed it. And harder to see why it was ever there in the first place, as there are only a scattering of farms and other buildings spread across the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you know the train line, it\u2019s not far short \u2013 to the south \u2013 of where it crosses the river Esk where it leads out into the Solway, which leads out into the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And not far north of the bridge over the Esk lies Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/crimesofthecenturies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Floriston-smugglers.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crimesofthecenturies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Floriston-smugglers.jpg 790w, https:\/\/crimesofthecenturies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Floriston-smugglers-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/crimesofthecenturies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Floriston-smugglers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/crimesofthecenturies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Floriston-smugglers-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in 1822, 25 years before the then Caledonian Railway opened, Floriston was famous for something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smugglers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if you have ever seen smuggling portrayed as a victimless crime, affecting only the coffers of the government, the Floriston smugglers are a reminder that such men were not adverse to using violence when challenged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed, you can\u2019t help admiring the courage of those who went out at night, in remote locations far from back-up, to catch them \u2013 not knowing how many offenders they would be up against, or how they would retaliate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">William Harding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1822. January 26. Westmorland Gazette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2018Lieutenant John Russell, of the Preventive Water-Guard-boat, belonging to the port of Carlisle, left Bowness, in the company of two men under his command, named Samuel Skelly (or Skealey) and John Hartley, and proceeded up the Solway Frith as far as Floriston Bridge, in order to prevent smuggling.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>It is, as the story tells us at the start, a melancholy occurrence\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Revenue men confronted five presumed smugglers carrying packages they thought to be Scottish salt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1822, salt was still being taxed. There were calls in Parliament in June that year for the government to repeal it. Before then, it was well worth smugglers\u2019 while to run salt as contraband.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When ordered to hand over the barrels, the five men attacked the officers with sticks. Russell and Skelly \/Skealey fired their pistols in self-defence, and a man called William Harding, of Warwick Bridge, was shot through the left thigh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ball hit his femoral artery and he died pretty quickly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The inquest jury (despite the advice of Mr Lowry the coroner) found a verdict of murder against Russell and Skelly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harding left a widow and four children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The jury at Carlisle Assizes acquitted Russell and Skelly of murder two months later, \u2018without hesitation\u2019. The judge observed they had \u2018done their duty, and no more than their duty\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But while saved by the courts, the matter wasn\u2019t forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">George Irving<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1822 August 19. A report in the Morning Herald (London) is headed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The King v George Irving<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The George Irving case again involved Lieutenant Russell. He and four men had been watching Floriston Bridge on the night of June 28, from an old outhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Irving, intoxicated, had burst in and refused the advice to go home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In fact, George Irving stripped off as if to fight, grabbed Russell by the collar, and said: \u201cYou\u2019re the \u2013\u2013 who the man.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, the officers restrained Irving and put him into a back building. Only for him to get out through the roof and attack them again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This time, firmly secured, he was taken under escort to Carlisle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In court, the defence case was that \u2018they started it\u2019 by trying to turn Irving out the barn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It didn\u2019t wash, as the jury found Irving guilty of assaulting Russell (though not of obstructing him in the discharge of his duty).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Irving was jailed for six weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Evening Mail report says Irving gave another officer, James Thomas, a black eye; said he\u2019d drunk \u2018two noggins of whisky\u2019 and \u2018offered to beat the whole of us, two at a time\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Floriston smugglers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1822 August 19. Morning Herald (London)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The King v Coulter.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This case was from April 19, when a \u2018coast-waiter\u2019 called Edward Foster had been on duty near Floriston bridge when he saw a woman crossing the bridge in a cart with a large bundle he suspected to be smuggled whisky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On seeing the officer, she left the cart to cross the marshes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He demanded to know what she had. At which, her husband came up behind him brandishing a bill-hook and threatening to \u2018cleave open his skull\u2019 if he touched her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foster stepped back and took out his pistol, leading to a stand-off, during which the woman escaped across the moors. With her bundle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Edward Foster had been a coast-waiter for ten months, his previous grocery business having failed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defence case was that Mrs Coulter was carrying a quilt. As \u2018all the family\u2019 could verify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But she wasn\u2019t the one on trial, nor was the charge smuggling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coulter (no first name given) was found guilty and sentenced to two months in jail, with hard labour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Evening Mail says the defendant was called Coulthard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A busy year<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1822 August 19. Morning Herald (London):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The King v Gibson<\/em>. <br><em>Before a special jury<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This time, it was a case from February 11, when excise office Joseph Gilchrist and constable Francis Carruthers had been out on the watch for smugglers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About 4:30am, they saw a party of smugglers, headed by Gibson and a man named Jackson, with three other men and four women, all carrying bundles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They spotted the officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gibson and Jackson put their bundles down, the others picked them up and made off with them. Leaving the pair flourishing sticks and threatening to give the officers a beating if they came any closer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gilchrist \u2018drew his cutlass and pistols\u2019 (how many hands did he have?!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gibson then called him by name, and offered him: \u2018the best in Springfield, if you\u2019ll not be severe\u201d and pulled a bottle of whisky from his pocket, offering it to Gilchrist to drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gilchrist refused, and Gibson, seeing he was resolute, said: \u201cI\u2019d rather lose my life than the stuff\u201d and aimed several blows at the officer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gilchrist fended off most of them, but was hit on the arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The smugglers\u2019 large dog then grabbed his leg, and he had to \u2018sabre it\u2019 to extricate himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gibson was still trying to hit him, and stunned him with a blow to the head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In defending himself, Gilchrist injured Gibson across the arm and fingers with his cutlass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gibson finally handed over his stick after being told he\u2019d \u2018suffer for it at a future day\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Francis Carruthers corroborated the story and described his own treatment, but the article doesn\u2019t say what that was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gibson wasn\u2019t called by his brief to give evidence, the Lord Chief Justice summed up the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And the jury found Gibson guilty. (And there it ends).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Evening Mail says he was William Gibson, and the other man who hung back was William Jackson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dog ran off after biting Joseph Gilchrist and being struck twice with his cutlass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Brougham, for Gibson, said he had no means of calling any witnesses, and couldn\u2019t expect the jury to do anything but find Gibson guilty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gibson was ordered to appear for judgment in the Court of the King\u2019s Bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gibson spent six months in jail, awaiting sentencing. Before being given four months\u2019 jail as the sentence, plus a good behaviour pledge in the sum of \u00a340, and two \u00a320 sureties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Footnote: the image is from the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth, Cornwall. It relates to the 18th Century, so the price comparison may not match that of 1822.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Salt Tax was finally repealed in 1825.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have ever seen smuggling portrayed as a victimless crime, affecting only the coffers of the government, the Floriston smugglers are a reminder that such men were not adverse to using violence when challenged.<br \/>\nIndeed, you can\u2019t help admiring the courage of those who went out at night, in remote locations far from back-up, to catch them \u2013 not knowing how many offenders they would be up against, or how they would retaliate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[383],"class_list":["post-3146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-smugglers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Floriston smugglers - Cumbrian Characters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Floriston smugglers. 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