Draft Papers relating to the case brought by James Grant Smith (plaintiff) against Joseph Evans and Robert Perrott (defendants) for felony, heard at the Somerset Summer Assizes, Wells

Reference Number: BC/3/2/32/16
Level of Description: Item
Title: Draft Papers relating to the case brought by James Grant Smith (plaintiff) against Joseph Evans and Robert Perrott (defendants) for felony, heard at the Somerset Summer Assizes, Wells
Date: August 1808-October 1808
Extent: Extent: 6 items
Description: 1. James Grant Smith, Horse Street, Brewer and employer of 2 (plaintiff).
2. Joseph Evans, Superintendent of a malt grinding engine, accused of stealing malt and barley (defendant)
3. Robert Perrott, Attwood Passage, Horse Street, Butcher, for receiving stolen goods (defendant)

Includes three draft briefs for prosecutions. Together with two lists of expenses, one from the Committee of the Guardian Society (a society who prosecuted criminals on behalf of defendants who could not afford court expenses), addressed to Philip George junior.