LABOUHEYRE (Landes). - Lot 176

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LABOUHEYRE (Landes). - Lot 176
LABOUHEYRE (Landes). Criminal investigation report concerning the theft of hay at a place known as “La Bosse.” Judicial manuscript on stamped paper, 4 folio pages, dated March 20, 1741. Investigation conducted by the judicial officers of Labouheyre following a complaint filed for the theft of hay. Signatures of the officers and witnesses at the end of the document. An interesting criminal investigation report concerning a rural dispute between several residents of the parish of Labouheyre. The document begins with the testimony of a witness summoned as part of an investigation into a load of hay transported from the locality known as La Bosse. The record transcribes the successive interrogations of the witnesses called to testify under oath. The statements concern the ownership of the hay, its transport, the people present during loading, and the circumstances of the dispute. The testimonies provide a precise picture of daily life in an 18th-century rural community in the Landes region, its agricultural practices, and the common disputes related to harvests and property rights. The information gathered is recorded according to the judicial procedures of the Ancien Régime, offering a particularly vivid account of the practice of local justice and social relations in the Landes countryside. Labouheyre, March 20, 1741.
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