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EAP782/1/4/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003721002
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003720953
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100111246536.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP782/1/4/1
- Title:
- Police Magistrate Records 15 Feb 1839-10 Jan 1840
- Scope & Content:
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The volume contains cases brought before the Police Magistrate at the Police Office at Freetown. The volume includes information on the date of the case, the name of the Police Magistrate who heard the case, the name of the person charged, on what grounds and the sentence given. Cases relate to minor offences. The length of information provided varies from three lines to several pages. The reports sometimes include the names and accounts of the Police Constable and of some witnesses. The first pages of the volume contain an index of twenty-four letters with the number of the letter, the date, the sender, the subject and how the case was disposed. The volume is bound in blue cloth boards. The ink is faded on some pages, and there are some traces of damage from iron gall.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume, 477 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
036-003721001
040-003721002 - 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
EAP782/1/4/1 : Police Magistrate Records 15 Feb 1839-10 Jan 1840 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003720953[0004]/036-003721001[0001]/040-003721002
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP782/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 477 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP782-1-4-1
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1839
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- 15 Feb 1839-10 Jan 1840
- 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)