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EAP782/1/3/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003720966
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003720953
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100111246495.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP782/1/3/1
- Title:
- Police Records 22 Aug 1837-8 May 1838
- Scope & Content:
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The volume contains cases brought to the Police Office at Freetown between 22 August 1837 and 8 May 1838. The information provided includes the date, and whether the case was heard by the Mayor or the Police Magistrate. The name of the person charged is provided, as well as information about who brought the charges and for what reasons. Cases relate to offences ranging from robberies to assault. Several cases also concern apprentices who refused to return to their masters. The document contains the account of the plaintiff, and sometimes of a constable or of witnesses as well as whether the defence admitted or denied the charges. The volume is bound in brown cloth boards. The binding is loose, and there is extensive water damage.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume, 493 folios.
Owner(s) of original material: Sierra Leone Public Archives.
Arrangement: Entries organised by date.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Preserving nineteenth-century records in the Sierra Leone Public Archives
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003720953
036-003720965
040-003720966 - Is part of:
- EAP782/1 : Sierra Leone Public Archives: Records of Colonial Governors, Police and Court Officials in Freetown and Neighbouring Villages
EAP782/1/3 : Police Court Records
EAP782/1/3/1 : Police Records 22 Aug 1837-8 May 1838 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003720953[0003]/036-003720965[0001]/040-003720966
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP782/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 453 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP782-1-3-1
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1837
- End Date:
- 1838
- Date Range:
- 22 Aug 1837-8 May 1838
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Sierra Leone
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
- Arrangement:
- Entries organised by date.
- 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)