What is "pierron"

Usage examples of "pierron".

In the first place, did you or did you not climb the wall of the Pierron orchard, break the branch, and steal the apples.

It is evident that you have been guilty of entering, and of the theft of ripe apples from the Pierron orchard.

Besides the theft from Little Gervais, and from the Pierron orchard, I suspect him of a theft committed in the house of His Grace the late Bishop of D -- .

This man, as is already known, was a vagrant who had been found in a field, carrying off a branch, laden with ripe apples, which had been broken from a tree in a neighbouring close called the Pierron inclosure.

First, did you or did you not climb the wall of the Pierron close, break off the branch, and steal the apples, that is to say, commit the crime of theft, with the addition of breaking into an inclosure?

It is evident that you have stolen ripe apples from the Pierron close, with the addition of breaking into the inclosure.

Besides the Petit Gervais and Pierron robberies, I suspect him also of a robbery committed on his highness, the late Bishop of D—.