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...left his title to her father, the present Earl Balfour. Last week pretty Lady Evelyn was among a crowd of more than 100 Essex and Sussex farmers who set upon a bailiff. After rescuing the bailiff, police charged Lady Evelyn and 36 farmers with "unlawful assembly." In Castle Hedingham Court, she protested that she had been trying to stop the riot. With the whole countryside smoldering indignation, the court adjourned the case until after harvest time, enjoined the farmers to go out and reap what they have sown-after which attempts will undoubtedly begin to collect a tithe...
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