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Poaching on Great House Farm, Llandough, prosecuted for the Bute Estate (Barry police court, Jan 1908)

Ours — outside the title question Jan 1908 · Great House Farm, Llandough-juxta-Penarth

Why it is not ours: Our farm, but a game prosecution: nothing in it bears on title or tenure.

The record

The court's view: a Saltmead man “pleaded guilty … to poaching on Great House Farm, Llandough”; the underkeeper was John David; the sentence was two months (Evening Express, 11 Jan 1908).
“Mr L. Harris, solicitor, prosecuted on behalf of the Bute Estate” (Barry Dock News, 17 Jan 1908; read from a search snippet).

What it does and does not establish

It places the farm's name in a 1908 court report and shows the Bute Estate prosecuting game offences there. It does not show who held the freehold or on what terms the Williamses farmed.

Next step

Retained as context.

Sources

Evening Express 11 Jan 1908 (Welsh Newspapers Online)
Barry Dock News 17 Jan 1908 (snippet)
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