The fonds consists of legal documents collected by John Keenlyside over the last thirty five years. The documents give insight into the formation of British Columbia's legal system when it consisted of two colonies. The legal records (including writs, testimony, judgements, and other court documents) were produced by judges, magistrates, defendants, claimants, and other relevant parties. Some figures of historical significance who created legal records in this fonds are the first judge in BC, the first Attorney General, and BC's earliest clergy, businessmen, and other prominent figures from the colonial period.

This fonds also consists of documents related to the British Columbia Provincial Police force and various Japanese-Canadian and civil rights groups.

No. of Plaint – 720

Summons; Invoice for £31.5

• Wallace is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £32.13.11. The amount is due for five baskets of champagne, drinks and cigars sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 763

Summons; Invoice for £2.7.11

• McCrust is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £2.11.11. The amount is due for various goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 765

Summons; Invoice for £6.1.4; Order; Judgment Confessed

• Willibey is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £6.10.8. The amount is due for various goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff. The order outlines the defendant‟s payment schedule for the said judgment.

No. of Plaint – 839

Summons; Invoice for £23.15

• Bergan is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £26.10.10. The amount is due for value received from the Plaintiff by the Defendant.

No. of Plaint – 841

Summons; Invoice for £4.17.11; Judgment Confessed

• Golding is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £5.4.7. The amount is due for money lent to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 844

Summons; Invoice for £9.17.11; Judgment Confessed

• Nunn is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £11.16.3. The amount is due for washing done by the Plaintiff for the Defendant.

No. of Plaint – 847

Summons; Invoice for £1.19; Judgment Confessed

• Swanich is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £2.1.8. The amount is due a horse that appears to have been rented to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 851

Summons; Invoice for £6.3

• Allott is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £6.12.4. The amount is due for 42 ½ days work done by the Plaintiff for the Defendant.

No. of Plaint – 734

Summons; Invoice for £7.10.10

• Miller is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £8.1.8. The invoice attached is addressed to Stewart Meldrum & Co., requesting them to pay Miller for a Beaver Lager Beer Bill that totals £7.10.10.

No. of Plaint – 735

Summons; Invoice for £3.8.4

• Nias is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £3.13.8. The amount is due for various goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 696

Summons; Invoice for £26.15.11; Judgment Confessed

• Clarke is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £29.11.9. The amount is due for work done by the Plaintiff for the Defendant.

No. of Plaint – 725

Summons; Invoice for £6.5; Judgment Confessed - Josephs is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of
£6.14.4. The amount is due for ten weeks lodging, a leather pillow, a cash loan, one gray shirt, and some soap and a purse, provided by the Plaintiff to the Defendant.

No. of Plaint – 690

Summons; Invoice for £24.2.11; Judgment Confessed

• Clark is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £25.9.7. The amount is due for numerous goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No of Plaint – 695

Summons; Invoice for £20.2

• Kennedy is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £22.17.10. The amount is due for a gold watch and chain and one pair of spectacles sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 695

Summons; Invoice for £9.7.6

• Little is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £11.10.4. The amount is due for labor and laundry provided by the Plaintiff for the Defendant.

No. of Plaint – 681

Summons; Invoice for £30.14

• Marmiesse and Delafont are summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £33.9.10. The amount is due for various wines, brandies and spirits sold to the Defendants by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 699

Summons; Invoice for £3.18.11

• Doggetts is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £4.4.5. The amount is due for goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 698

Summons; Invoice for £0.14.3

• Glagow is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £0.15.11. The amount is due for various meat products sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 732

Summons; Judgment Confessed

• Robinson is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £9.8.9.

No. of Plaint – 856

Summons; Invoice for £26.10.1; Bill of Costs for £3.5.0; Judgment Confessed

• Golding is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £29.5.11. The amount is due various goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiffs.

No. of Plaint – 693

Summons; Invoice for £8.17.7; Judgment Confessed

• Clark is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £10.19.1. The amount is due for various goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 939

Summons

• Rollins is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £1.15.7. The particulars of what the amount is due for are not indicated.

No. of Plaint – 932

Summons; Invoice for £16.13.4

• Allott is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £19.3.10. The amount is due on an unpaid promissory note between the Defendant and the Plaintiff.