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EAP782/1/4

Record Id:

036-003721001

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003720953

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100111246535.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

EAP782/1/4

Title:

Police Magistrate Records

Scope & Content:

This series relates to cases brought before the Police Magistrate at the Police Office at Freetown between 1839 and 1897. The information provided in the entries includes the date, the name of the Police Magistrate who heard the case, the name of the person charged, the offence and the sentence.

Extent and format of original material: 12 volumes.

Owner(s) of original material: Sierra Leone Public Archives.

This series contains the following 12 files:

EAP782/1/4/1: Police Magistrate Records 15 Feb 1839-10 Jan 1840
EAP782/1/4/2: Police Magistrate Records 1 Jan 1843-28 Jun 1844
EAP782/1/4/3: Police Magistrate Records 31 Dec 1846-18 Sep 1847
EAP782/1/4/4: Police Magistrate Records 13 Nov 1849-29 May 1850
EAP782/1/4/5: Police Magistrate Records 13 Jul 1864-28 Dec 1864
EAP782/1/4/6: Police Magistrate Records 15 May 1865-11 Oct 1865
EAP782/1/4/7: Police Magistrate Records 23 Jul 1866-25 Feb 1867
EAP782/1/4/8: Police Magistrate Records 16 Aug 1867-21 Jan 1868
EAP782/1/4/9: Police Magistrate Records 27 Sep 1870-14 Feb 1871
EAP782/1/4/10: Police Magistrate Letterbook 18 Nov 1892-12 Feb 1897
EAP782/1/4/11: Mountain District Magistrate Court Records 5 Nov 1844-21 Sep 1846
EAP782/1/4/12: Assistant Police Magistrate 8 Aug 1862-12 Nov 1862.

Collection Area:

Endangered Archives Programme

Project / Collection:

Preserving nineteenth-century records in the Sierra Leone Public Archives

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003720953
036-003721001

Is part of:

EAP782/1 : Sierra Leone Public Archives: Records of Colonial Governors, Police and Court Officials in Freetown and Neighbouring Villages

EAP782/1/4 : Police Magistrate Records

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-003720953[0004]/036-003721001

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

Series

Extent:

5423 TIFF images

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1839

End Date:

1897

Date Range:

1839-1897

Era:

Place of Origin:

Sierra Leone

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User Conditions:

Access is for research purposes only

Information About Originals:

The original material is located at the Sierra Leone Public Archives.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Subjects:

Colonialism
Crime
Law and legal affairs
Women

Places:

Freetown, Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone, Africa