File consists of four documents: Writ of Summons; Affidavit of Service; Bill of Costs by Default of Appearance; Judgment by Default. Plaintiff claims $100 principal due to him as payee on a promissory note

File consists of one document: Judgment by Default. Plaintiff claims $250 principal due to them as payee on a promissory note with the Defendant

File consists of four documents: Writ of Summons (Exhibit "A"); Affidavit of Service; Judgment by Default of Appearance; Affidavit of No Appearance. Plaintiff claims $536 for debt and S 15 for costs for principal and interest due on two promissory notes

File consists of two documents: Plaintiffs Bill of Costs; Judgment. Plaintiff claims $268.60 principal and $85 for costs of suit due to him as payee on a promissory note

File consists of 21 documents: Exhibit "A"; Affidavit of Roberts; Affidavit of Grenell; Affidavit of Davie and Pawson; (2) correspondence; (4) Affidavit of Davie; Costs on Judgment; Order for Extension; Notice of Trial; Notice; Affidavit in Support of Summons to Set Aside Suggestions for Costs; Master's Certificate; Summons; Points Intended to be Insisted on Part of the Plaintiff, Writ; Statement of Defense; Statement of Claim. Defendant is indebted to the Plaintiff for S268.60 for money lent by the Plaintiff to the Defendant and on accounts stated between them. The Defendant claims that the Plaintiff is indebted to him for an equal amount.

File consists of one document: Citation. Milson is asking that her marriage to Sharpe be declared null and void as she alleges that he was incurable impotent and guilty of cruelty towards her.

File consists of three documents: (2) Affidavit of Service; Judgment Roll; Bill of Costs. Plaintiff claims $3,000 for past wages due to him from the Defendant as hired servant and money due on accounts stated between them

File consists of five documents: Receipt for $171.82; Affidavit of McElwin; Affidavit of Rhodes; (2) Affidavit of Kinnear. the deceased was justly and truly indebted to the Plaintiff for $180.18 for goods sold and delivered, Plaintiff is suing the estate of the deceased.

File consists of nine documents: Affidavit of Young; Summons; Affidavit of G. Jay Jr.; Affidavit of E. Johnson; Notice of Motion for Decree; Affidavit of Moffat; Affidavit of McNeil; Report; Bill of Complaint regarding the settlement of the estate of the late W.H. McNeil and as to what the Plaintiff and the Defendants are respectively entitled to as outlined in the Bill of Complaint

File consists of 11 documents: Writ of Summons and Affidavit of Service; Judgment by Default of Plea; (2) Affidavit of C.E. Pooley; Bill of Costs; (4) Summons; Affidavit of Selleck action is brought for the recovery of $939.43 for money paid by the Plaintiff for the Defendants at their request and for money found to be due from the Defendants to the Plaintiff on accounts stated between them.

File consists of two documents: Affidavit of Eberts; Bill of Complaint. dispute over the settlement of an insurance policy. Plaintiff asks that an account be taken of the monies due and payable to him in respect of the said policy of insurance and an indenture of mortgage.

File consists of two documents: (2) Bill of Complaint; Writ of Summons; Notice of Motion; Affidavit of Defendant's Solicitor regarding a land purchase in Nanaimo. The Defendants had taken the money for the said lot but had not yet delivered the deed of conveyance.

File consists of three documents: Joint Affidavit of Davie and Jesse; Affidavit of R. Brown; Bill of Complaint regarding a previous judgment awarded to the Plaintiff for $4,948.73 for goods and materials provided to the Defendants who were constructing a "Cofferdam" in Esquimalt for the government of British Columbia. The Defendants have been paid for their job and are currently residing in England but refuse to pay this debt.

File consists of two documents: Summons; Affidavit of the Plaintiffs regarding the settlement of the estate of H. Hogan, deceased. The Plaintiffs are claiming the goods and chattels on the premises of "Hogans Soda Water Factory" amounting to $225.

File consists of one document: Joint Affidavit of Davie and Jesse regarding the service of documents on the Defendants in the above noted action

File consists of two documents: Motion for Directions as to Mode of Trial; Notice Regarding Rule 8. a suit for the dissolution of marriage on the grounds of adultery, brought by the husband against his wife and Lampron

File consists of one document: Affidavit of Wootlon regarding the authenticity of the pleadings in the case

File consists of 3 documents: Praecipe; Statement of the Solicitor for the Defendant; Affidavit of Service. Statement of Defendant Anderson states that the Writ of Summons in the above named cause is "bad in substance' and does not state facts on grounds sufficient to constitute a course of action.

File consists of 5 documents: (2) Affidavit of T. Trounce; Notice of Motion; Order; Award. Regarding an agreement made between the two parties over the personal estate of one
A. Kaindler for which the defendant is the administrator.

File consists of 2 documents: Envelope; Writ of Summons. Defendant owes the Plaintiff $450.50 as the amount due on an unpaid promissory note.

No. of Plaint – 937

Summons; Invoice for £1.9.2; Judgment Confessed

• Swanick is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £1.11.10. The amount is due for printing wedding cards and envelopes for the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 432

Summons; Invoice for $22.25

• Collins is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of $27.90. The amount is due for various goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 434

Summons; Invoice for $23

• Rowden is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of $28.65. The amount is due for value received by the Defendant from the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 478

Summons; Invoice for $175

• Vereydhen is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of $179.80. The amount is due for various goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 479

Summons; Invoice for $77.75

• Engel & Engel are summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of $81.40. The amount is due for various goods sold to the Defendants by the Plaintiffs.

No. of Plaint – 480

Summons; Invoice for $66.10

• Bunster is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of $69.30. The amount is due for various goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 430

Summons; Invoice for $126.25

• Knapp is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of $135.55. The amount is due for five weeks board and lodging provided at $26 per week the Plaintiff to the Defendant.

File consists of 3 documents: Record; List of Names; Plaintiff's Bill of Costs. Pryce is suing the Defendant for 107 pounds, 12 shillings, and 6 pence for work done by the Plaintiff for the Defendant at his request and for money founds to be due from the Defendant to the Plaintiff on accounts stated between them.

File consists of 1 document: Respondents Costs.

File consists of 3 documents: Affidavit of Stronach. Defendant is justly and truly indebted to the Plaintiffs for 25 pounds, 14 shillings, and 6 pence being the balance owed to them on lumber supplied by the Plaintiffs to the Defendant at his request. The Plaintiffs believe that the Defendant will be leaving the colony unless he is apprehended.

File consists of 2 documents: Order; Affidavit of M. Drake. Defendant is allegedly indebted to the Plaintiff for $2,433.11. The Defendant is desirous of having a new trial on the grounds of a mistake by the jury in which they found a verdict for the Plaintiff.

File consists of 1 document: Order to Hold Defendant to Bail. Court Order that the Defendant be held to bail for $125 in the above named case.

File consists of 1 document: Special Power of Attorney. Downie appoints Higgins as his attorney and in that regard to receive any sum or sums of money due to him by W. Searby, an insolvent debtor.

Thomas Kay (1868-1909) of Rochdale, England, wrote to his father and brother describing life in the later redevelopment period in the Cariboo. Includes 19 letters.

This series is composed of legal documents concerning court cases involving Chinese and Aboriginal people as both witnesses and defendants. The collection documents early relationships between colonial society and Chinese and Aboriginal individuals within a legal context in British Columbia and provides documentary evidence of those relationships including first-hand narratives from all participants. The documents reveal the way in which the 19th century justice system in British Columbia related to those people of Aboriginal and Chinese descent.

Consists of eighty-two files pertaining to charges against Aboriginal and Chinese individuals and all the supporting court documents. There are 340 documents from 1862 to 1891. Most of this material either passed through or was created in the court systems of the day resulting in sworn testimony giving first hand accounts of events. Some of the documents may have been interpreted into English by court interpreters. Judge Augustus Pemberton (1808-1891) was appointed the magistrate and commissioner of police for Vancouver Island by Governor Douglas in 1858 and served as a county court judge in Victoria from September 23rd, 1867 to January 14th, 1881. Pemberton oversaw all but fourteen of these charges.

Petition; signed by 24 inhabitants requesting commutation of sentence given Indian Scottie for assault; 1863/03/01

Assize court calendar; Dick charged with shooting & killing; Carey arson, signed by Philip Hankin; 1865/01/01