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Why the potato crop failed and a courtroom mood
The text mentions Mr McMahon debating an explanation about a yesterday holed out mishap and a party, with Constable Tom noting a doubt about drunken behavior. It reports Hamilton being bound over for good behaviour for 12 months and then shifts to a North Devon potato tale. A gardener claimed Old Moore's Almanack predicted poor potatoes on Good Friday, while the almanack itself was shown.
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