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EAP782/1/3/16
- Record Id:
- 040-003720981
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003720953
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100111246513.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP782/1/3/16
- Title:
- Police Court Records 2 Oct 1863-27 Dec 1864
- Scope & Content:
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The volume contains cases brought before the Police Magistrate at the Police Court at Freetown between 2 October 1863 and 25 February 1865. It contains an index that lists the case by name of the defendant, and provides the offence and the page number in the volume. In the reporting of cases, information is provided on the date, the names of the plaintiff and the defendant, and the offence. It also includes reference to the oath of the constable, the plaintiff, the defendant, or of witnesses. Information is also provided on sentencing. The broken spine and damaged binding mean that several pages are loose. There is extensive water damage, and some traces of damage from iron gall. The paper is brittle, and some of the edges of paper are breaking away. Some pages are torn.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume, 539 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
040-003720981 - 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
EAP782/1/3/16 : Police Court Records 2 Oct 1863-27 Dec 1864 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003720953[0003]/036-003720965[0016]/040-003720981
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP782/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 539 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP782-1-3-16
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1863
- End Date:
- 1864
- Date Range:
- 2 Oct 1863-27 Dec 1864
- 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)