File consists of two documents: Bill of Sale and Affidavit of Attesting Witness regarding a bill of sale by way of settlement of house and household furnishings.

File consists of one document: writ of summons; Case regards the Plaintiff's claims for damanges received through the negligent, careless, and unskillfull driving of the Defendant's Stage in the amount of $3,300.

No. of Plaint – 757

Summons; Invoice for £6.5

• Rowland is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £6.14.4. The amount is due for water delivered to the Defendant by the Plaintiff to a house on Government Street.

File consists of one document: bond in the amount of $50,000.

File consists of one document: bond. Case is in regards to their adoption of Laura Francis Edmonds, outlining provisions for the child in the case of their untimely death.

No. of Plaint – 935

Summons; Invoice for £5.8.4; Bill of Costs for £2.14.11; Judgment Confessed; Affidavitof G.E. Dennes

• Eyre is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £6.17.2. The amount is due for labor provided by the Plaintiff for the Defendant.

No. of Plaint – 433

Summons; Invoice for $35

• Bishop is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of $36.50. The amount is due for various services provided to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 733
Summons; Invoice for £12.14.2; Judgment Confessed

• Marchand is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of
  £13.11.8. The amount is due for various goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

File consists of four documents: certificate of marriage between W. Blakeney and E. Reid; copy of the burial register for E. Blakeney; affidavit of W. Blakeney; defendant's bill of costs; plaintiff's bill of costs. Case regards W. Blakeney married E. Reid, who died without having made any disposition or appointment of the trust funds and property to which she became entitled to under the will of her father, J. Murray, deceased. Plaintiff is suing on behalf of E. Reid's children for the real estate entitled to her on Vancouver Island and the annual income of 120 pounds.

No. of Plaint – 268
Summons; Invoice for £36.19.11

• Wright is summoned to appear in court to answer the claim of Black for a total amount of £36.19.11. The money is owed for work done by Black for Wright

Series consists of individual acts, proclamations and other documents printed by the British Columbia Colonial Government between 1858 and 1871. These documents include the foundation of law and rule in the province as well as early colonial policies.

File consists of one document: bill. Case regarding the sale of ship #61301, British built, transfer from William Moore of Victoria to Henry Saunders for $4,000.

File consists of two documents: Witness of Bill of Sale; and Bill of Sale. N. Maury has sold , bargained and assigned for $2,200 payable, $1,200 cash down, and a promissory note for $1,00 for the message and premises in Centreville, Caribou District , known as Maury's store.

File consists of one document: Bill of Sale of Chattels regarding the conveyance of the Richfield Hotel along with the goods and chattels described in consideration of the sum of $1,725.

File consists of one document: Agreement and Bill of Sale by Way of Mortgages.

File consists of one document: an indenture regarding the consideration of $2,000 for various parcels of land in Victoria.

File consists of one document: an agreement for the supply of spars and lumber related to an agreement regarding the charter of the ship "Shamrock" for the purpose of carrying or conveying spars and lumber from Utsalady to the United Kingdom.

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.

File consists of two documents: order for examination of a witness; and examination for discovery of R. McDonald. Case regards a dispute over the building of the road from Bentinck Arm to the Fraser River, the tolls collected, and money and time spent in the construction. R. McDonald has taken the engagement from W. Hood.

File consists of one document relating to a planned Chilcotin route to the coast.

Bill of Complaint; Affidavit of Adams; Affidavit of Bennett; Bill of Costs.

-The Plaintiff is a bridge builder, the Defendant is a carpenter and joiner. The Defendant was contracted with the government of B.C. to build a bridge across the Quesnel River and asked the Plaintiff, who agreed, to work with him for a share in the profits and a partnership agreement. The Plaintiff ended up doing all of the work. The Defendant was paid in full, but would not disclose his accounts of the costs of construction. The Plaintiff believes that if her were to see these accounts, a considerable balance would be owed to him by the Defendant.

No. of Plaint – 427

Summons; Invoice for $15

• Bond is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of $18.20. The amount is due for money lent to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

Receipt for $346 - Exhibit "G"; Evidence of H.V. Edmonds.

-Receipt of money from H. Holbrook for which was realized by sale of lots for payment of municipal taxes. Evidence is also regarding the taxes owed and assessed.

No. of Plaint – 272 Summons; Invoice for £11.10.5

• Vereydhen is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £11.10.5. The money is owed for various goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

File consists of one document: Note - receipt regarding the receipt of Exhibits A & B and the book of stubs belonging to the City of New Westminster, pertinent to the case

File consists of ten documents: affidavit of H.M. Bell; replication; (2) summons; affidavit of W. Polland; affidavit of A.E. Davie; supplemental answers; answers to interrogatories; affidavit of Holbrook; affidavit of H.F. Heisterman.

File consists of two documents: writ of summons; affidavit of service. Case regards Plaintiff claims $200 for an unpaid promissory note.

No. of Plaint – 1774

Summons

• Oldham is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of $39.75. The particulars for what the amount is due for are not indicated.

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 – 930

Summons; Invoice for £3.16.0; Judgment Confessed

• Doggett is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £4.1.4. The amount is due for goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 482

Summons

• Bartleman had recovered a judgment against Muir for £29.4. The judgment remains unsatisfied and the summons states that if Muir does not appear in accordance with the summons, he may be committed to the common gaol.

Affidavit of F.J. Barnard in support of Caprias; Praecipe for Writ of Attachment.

-Plaintiff claims that the Defendant is justly and truly indebted to him for $3,972.11, that being the amount certified due to him by the Registrar of the Supreme Court as the amount owed on unpaid accounts. The Defendant has not paid the Plaintiff the amount certified to be due and he has since left the province.

File consists of two documents: Schedule "A" - Bill of Costs; Affidavit of Barnard. Plaintiff stating that Schedule "A" is a full true and particular account of the monies paid and disbursed by him on account of the partnership dealings and transactions between himself and the Plaintiff

File consists of one document: judges order for writ of attachment. Case regards the Defendant to pay Plaintiff $3,972.07.

File consists of two documents: summons; appearance.

File consist of two documents: affidavit ro hold bail; affidavit of Felix Neufelder. Case regards the Defendant owing money to lumber merchant for goods sold and delivered. Defendant is about to leave B.C. for Ontario and Plaintiff is asking that he be apprehended.

The 1858 Gold Rush on the Fraser River in British Columbia brought an influx of miners to the area, resulting in an economic boom for the colonies.
Following the end of the gold rush, however, came a time of financial strain in the 1860s and many individuals suffered personal financial loss. In 1862, a bankruptcy court was established as a formal structure to resolve insolvencies. Series includes documents related to the colonial bankruptcy court including adjudications, affidavits, declaration, deeds, notices, petitions, proofs of debt, receipts, report, statements of account, summons, and wills.

(2) Affidavit of Service; (2) Writ of Summons; Judgment by Default; Costs against Thornhill; Costs against Lewis.

-Plaintiff claim $686.12 for debt and $20 for costs on an unpaid promissory note with the defendant.

File consists of five documents: Writ of Summons; Affidavit of Service; Judgment by Default; Sheriff's Notice, Affidavit of Mills and Stephens. Plaintiff claims $1,000 principal due to them as payees on a promissory note. Defendants are owners of the schooner, the "Nanaimo Packet."

File consists of four documents: Writ of Summons; Affidavit of Service; Bill of Costs; and Judgment by Default. Plaintiff claims $338.25 principal and interest due to them as payees 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 three documents: Judgment by Default; Writ of Summons; and Affidavit of Service. Plaintiffs claim $7,754 principal and interest due to them as payee on a promissory note

File consists of 3 documents: Writ of Summons; Affidavit of Service; Judgment by Default. Plaintiffs claim $1,507.50 principal and interest due to them as holders on a promissory note with the Defendant.

No. of Plaint – 723

Summons; Invoice for £26.18.6; Judgment Confessed

• Vereydhen is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £28.5.2. The amount is due for goods and services sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

File consists of four documents: affidavit of C. Mason; (2) letters of correspondence; affidavit of C. Bach. Case regards a debt owed by the Defendant to the Plaintiff for $583.13 for brewing materials, sold and delivered (overdue account).

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.

THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. “THE TAX SALE REPEAL ORDINANCE, 1867.” COLONIAL SECRETARY’S OFFICE, 1ST AUGUST, 1868. Printed every Saturday at the Government Printing Office, Victoria, British Columbia.

Shows amounts repaid or paid to other purchases.

File consists of two documents: summons; affidavit of E. Irving. Notice to attend in court regarding the debt of $5,780 with interests and costs owed to the Plaintiff.

File consists of fourteen documents: affidavit of A.S. Farwell; (7) writ of summons; affidavit of E. Bodwell; affidavit of service; affidavit of J. Walls; statement of claim; appearance; affidavit of H. Abbott. Case regards the Defendants to be ordered to convey the described properties to the Plaintiff (a trader) and that the Defendants to be ordered to release to the Plaintiff all their titles and interest in the said properties.

File consists of one document: correspondence from the department of the Ministry of Agriculture. Case regards solicitation to act as arbritrators in the case of a claim for compensation for expenses incurred in the putting of the steamer ship "Prince Alfred" into quarantine.