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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 1155 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Durham assizes: Queen v Robert Ballery

Covering Dates: 1857

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Catalogue Description

Records deposited on long-term loan

27 January 1997 Acc: 2424(D)

Catalogue Contents

Ref: D/X 1155/1

Extract from the record of the proceedings, on 21 July 1857, of the Durham Assize Court, concerning the case of the Queen v. Robert Ballery, J.P., accused of extorting, on 3 July 1856, the sum of £1 from George Spoors and the sum of £1 from George Stovey, as a result of their poaching on his land, and as a guarantee against their being prosecuted for the offence of poaching, 6 November 1857 Endorsed: note of verdict of guilty given against Robert Ballery, dated 31 October 1857
(Parchment, 1 file)



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