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.
