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court. This was the first time the word "Baggböleri" was seen in print. The rights to the timber was settled upon the farmers and the local villages. This put them in a position of power but the only viable purchaser was the sawmill, which meant that the sawmill was able to exploit its position over the farmers as it was the sawmill defining the price. This exploitation also went under the term "Baggböleri".
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complicated because the crown was well aware that various people were felling their trees and the local population was very grateful for the wealth that the sawmill was creating for its suppliers. Dickson was able to escape a conviction by swearing an oath regarding his lack of knowledge of what had happened. This was allowed under
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district court. The case was circumstantial but the accusation was that
Dickson had encouraged his suppliers upstream to supply him with logs that did not belong to them. Dickson said that the sawmill was processing a large number of logs but he was not aware where the logs came from. The case was
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Dickson was fortunate to avoid prosecution. Even if he had been unaware of it, his company was guilty of receiving stolen goods. Since 1842 his manager had taken in more than the 4,500 logs per annum than had been agreed. This could not continue and in 1866–7 the company was again taken to
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who ran shipping and logging in Sweden. The business employed the largest merchant fleet in Sweden with offices in both
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