Includes proof of debt of J.P. Clive.

Documents concern the debts and liabilities of Blesh and his inability to meet his engagements with his creditors. Includes order and receipts.

Includes inventory list.

Continuation of the case outlined in file 1-23. Includes notice of wages owed to J.L. Collins and proof of debt of J.L. Collins.

The bankrupts were involved in the publishing and printing
business with Harris & Co. who claimed the men were indebted to them. Includes receipt of W.S. Green for bond and affidavit of W.L Mitchell and W.S. Green.

Carter had declared himself a bankrupt prior to his death as supported by the documents. Includes inventory of house and furniture, affidavit of truth, petition for adjudication, declaration of inability to meet engagements, affidavit of bankruptcy, summons, affidavit of Glassey, report of official assignee, official assignees act, and report by the bankrupt.

Includes assignee’s report on estates in bankruptcy.

Includes statement of receipts supporting bankruptcy claim.

Smith is declared bankrupt. Includes adjudication.

Smith had to defend the truth of his statements that he was not intending to leave Victoria, nor was it his intent to present himself as a person of any considerable assets. Includes affidavit of Smith.

Muller was indebted to J. Murray for goods bargained and sold to him by Murray. R. Woods and C.E. Pooley were appointed to act as official assignees in the matter. Includes appointment of official assignees, petition for adjudication of bankruptcy (with affidavits of J. Murray verifying the same), and affidavits of R. Bishop, and E. Muller.

Series consists primarily of documents from the colonial era of British Columbia, including material related to early settlers on Vancouver Island, the Fraser River and Cariboo/Yukon gold rushes, and the courts. The bulk of the series consists of correspondence, but also includes commission, coroner’s inquisition, court calendar, deposition, jury list, last will and testament, prospectus, receipt, and subpoena.

Document appoints Wm. Mouat and Wm. McDonald as executors. Witnessed by Peter Sabiston and Dr. John Helmcken.

Subpoena issued to Selim Franklin, auctioneer, regarding claim by merchant Charles McDonald.

Early account of life in Victoria; includes typed transcript.

Regarding the courtship of B.C. missionary William Gray’s daughter Caroline and Jacob Kamm of Portland, Oregon. Kamm was a steamship builder and owner of “George S. Wright.” Includes 11 letters.

Concerning theft at Hastings Saw Mill. Includes depositions of witnesses, statements of Jonathan Miller, Whiskey Jim and Louis (notarized by R.H. Alexander), prisoner’s statement, and indictment.

File contains: Writ of Summons; Motion of Defendant; Affidavit of Defendant. Begin was arrested and held to bail in the above titled cause as a result of an Affidavit of Mr. W. Atkinson which stated that he believed that the Defendant was about to quit the colony. Begin denies all such allegations and the Defendant asks that he be discharged from arrest in this cause.

File contains: Answer to Complaint. Harris takes defense to the action of C. Kerr and denies that he is indebted to the Plaintiff for $4,050. He further states that the said cattle in the argument mentioned, the subject matter, was falsely and fraudulently represented to him at the time of the said pretended sale and were almost valueless for any reason, and the Defendant claims that he has been damaged to the amount of 500 pounds sterling by the Plaintiff.

File contains: Bail Bond. Case is regarding an unsettled debt of 350 pounds between the parties and consists of 7 documents.

File contains: Affidavit of J.D. Potter; Deposition of H.B. Morse; Notice of Trial; and Abstract. Plaintiffs are suing for 1,000 pounds from the Defendants on the amount of damage sustained by the Plaintiffs by reason of the Defendants unlawfully, with force and arms, breaking into and entering the home of the Plaintiffs.

File contains: Answers; Petition to Take Testimony. The defendant signed a contract from which it appeared that he had agreed to purchase lots #600 and #601 for an amount of money. The two parties became involved in a dispute over the actual amount.

File contains: (2) Order; Affidavit of G.J. Wright; and Abstract. The case matter is unclear.

File contains: Affidavit of H.P. Crease; Stipulation and Deposition; Affidavit for Continuance; and Stipulation to Take Testimony. Settlement of legal issues. Case matter is unclear.

File contains: Bill of Complaint. The defendant is indebted to the Plaintiffs in the sum of $102.38 advanced to the Defendant at his request. Document is quite stained and damaged.

File contains: Affidavit of M.W. Drake; Order of Court for Writ of Injunction. Both the Plaintiff and the Defendant are out of the jurisdiction of the court and the statements outlined in the Bill of Complaint have not been verified by any Affidavit of the Plaintiff, nor does it state in the said bill that the Defendant is liable for any debt.

File contains: (2) Writ of Caprias. Notice to the Sheriff to apprehend the Defendant and take him into custody and hold him to bail.

File contains: Order; Order of Judge to Ascertain Damages; (2) bill of Costs of the Plaintiff; Certificate of No Defense filed; Summons; Affidavit of Drake; Registrars Certificate of Amount for Final Judgment; and Affidavit of Service. The Plaintiffs complain that the Defendants are indebted to them for 1280 pounds, 13 shillings and 8 pence for money payable by the Defendants converted to their own use and wrongfully deprived the Plaintiff of the use and possession of one of the Plaintiffs' goods, being 301 casks of flour, 50 sacks of barley, and 10 cases of sherry.