No. of Plaint – 853

Summons; Invoice for £41.4.8; Judgment Confessed

• Pidwell is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £42.11.4. The amount is due for a large amount of goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiffs.

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.

No. of Plaint – 714

Summons; Invoice for £23.6.8; Judgment Confessed

• Chambers is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £24.17.6. The amount is due for an unpaid promissory note between the Defendant and the Plaintiff. It is also due for the purchase price of a farm at Rocky Point as contained in a promissory note drawn between the parties involved.

No. of Plaint – 643

Summons

• Leneveu had previously obtained a judgment against the Defendant for £11.12.8 which remains unsatisfied. The Summons states that if the Defendant does not appear in obedience to this summons, he may be committed to the common gaol.

No. of Plaint – 534

Summons

• Cameron had previously obtained a judgment against the Defendant for £13.13.10 which remains unsatisfied. The Summons states that if the Defendant does not appear in obedience to this summons, he may be committed to the common gaol.

No. of Plaint – 683

Summons; Invoice for £2.10

• Muir is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £2.18.2. The amount is due for value received from the Plaintiff by the Defendant.

No. of Plaint – 684

Summons; Invoice for £33.18.1

• Innis is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £35.4.9. The amount is due for various 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.

Series consists of court documents covering a variety of cases and legal disputes in British Columbia between 1858 and 1891 that represent both major criminal charges as well as minor civil suits. It is comprised of more than 750 case files containing over 1,200 documents relating to such topics as Augustus Pemberton and colonial relations with Chinese and Aboriginal peoples in B.C., possible changes that occurred after the colonies were converged, and the many types of small claims being filed during the period.

Commitment; sexual assault of a child; Victoria, V.I.; 1862/01/01

Commitment for trial; Gohome, an Indian for suspicion of involvement in murder of Hullumkene, signed by A. Pemberton; 1862/02/01

-Commitment for trial; suspicion of involvement in murder of Hullumkene, signed by A. Pemberton; 1862/03/01

Commitment of Kaisue; alias Thalaston, suspicion of shooting with intent, signed by A. Pemberton; 1863/02/01

Commitment of Stalehum; charges with shooting to kill John Hendry and Bill Brady near Salt Spring Island, signed by A. Pemberton; 1863/02/01

Indictment of Jim, an Indian & Nequalia, an Indian woman; the murder of Edmund Urin;
verdict not guilty; 1866/01/01
Commitment of Jim for murder; signed by A. Pemberton; 1866/01/02
Commitment of Nequalia for accessory to murder; signed by A. Pemberton; 1866/01/03
Recognisance of bail to witnesses; 1866/01/04
Deposition of Patrick Ferrall; 1866/01/05
Information & complaint of Patrick Ferrall; 1866/01/06
Deposition of Tom; a New Westminster Indian; 1866/01/07
Deposition of Allen Francis; 1866/01/08
Deposition of Dr. J.C. Davie; 1866/01/09
Deposition of A. Browning; 1866/01/10
Deposition of J. Wooster; 1866/01/11
Deposition of T. O‟Connor; 1866/01/12
Deposition of Stemloh; a New Westminster Indian; 1866/01/13
Deposition of J. McCarthy; 1866/01/14
Deposition of Peter; a New Westminster Indian; 1866/01/15
Deposition of Sapple Jack; a New Westminster Indian; 1866/01/16
Deposition of Jim, alias Quay-much-than; a Songhish Indian; 1866/01/17
Deposition of Jim; the accused; 1866/01/18
Affidavit of A. Pemberton; stipendiary magistrate, Victoria; 1866/01/19
Deposition of Tim, recalled; 1866/01/20
Information & complaint; of Patrick Ferrall; 1866/01/21

Indictment of Kim Foo et al; Verdict not guilty; 1866/12/01
Recognisance of bail; 1866/12/02
Affidavit of A. Pemberton; 1866/12/03
Information & complaint; Of A. Taylor; 1866/12/04
Affidavit of J. Pemberton; 1866/12/05
Deposition of Harry Wilmer; 1866/12/06
Information & complaint; of Harry Wilmer; 1866/12/07
Statement of evidence; of A. Taylor; 1866/12/08
Affidavit of A. Pemberton; 1866/12/09

-Indictment of Dick; verdict guilty; sentence death; recommend mercy; 1866/16/01
-Deposition of Tom; Comox Indian policeman; 1866/16/02
-Deposition of W.H.Franklyn; 1866/16/03
-Deposition of Dick; the accused; 1866/16/04

Indictment of Sealhampton; Kenneth McKenzie, grand jury foreman; 1866/17/01
Notice of inquest; on body of Peliaqualor, Cowichan Indian; list of jury; 1866/17/02
Information & complaint; of Solcilatchen through interpreter Harry Wilmer; 1866/17/03
Deposition of Pallack; 1866/17/04
Deposition of Squalaqualit; 1866/17/05
Deposition of Dr. J. Davie; 1866/17/06
Deposition of Sealhampton; 1866/17/07
Verdict of the jury; signed by all members of the jury; 1866/17/08

File contains: Notice of Motion for Decree; Affidavit of Plaintiff; Interrogatories for the Examination of the Defendant in Answer to the Bill of Complaint of the Plaintiff; Writ of Ne Exeat Regno; Praecipe; Order of Judge; Affidavit of Elsarres; and Depositions of Farrell and McLaughlin. The Plaintiff had employed the Defendant to sell goods for his company. The Defendant came into the notion that he was in a partnership with the Plaintiff which was completely untrue. The Defendant was not forwarding the money made on goods sold on behalf of the Plaintiff to the Plaintiff and all of the allegations that he made in his Bill of Complaint are simple fabrications. The Plaintiff is suing for 809 pounds on unpaid accounts due to him from the Defendant.

File contains: Order; Certificate as to Purchasers; Affidavit of M.W. Drake; (2) Certificate; (2) Account; and Further Costs. Case regarding the sale of certain lots of property in Victoria. Plaintiff claims $26,645.25 principal and interest due to him from the Defendants regarding the properties.

File contains: Letter Exhibit "A"; Joint Affidavit of Green, Stewart and Copland. The Plaintiff believed that he had been working in some capacity for the Defendants and he believes that they owe him money on accounts stated between them.

File contains: Affidavit of E. Wilson; (2) Affidavit of J. Copland; Affidavit of l Make; and Order. The Plaintiff had interfered with the Defendant in the erection of a fence around his lot on Douglas Street. The Defendant had not understood the description of or the parameters of his property and had unknowingly erected a portion of the fence on the Plaintiff's property.

File contains: Affidavit of the Plaintiff, Affidavit of A.J. Rise; Bill of Complaint; Judges Order, Affidavit of J. Hill; and Injunction. The Plaintiff had bought 25 head of cattle at $50 per head from a Mr. I Carson, which were grazing on the pasture of the Defendant. When the Plaintiff's agent appeared, viewed the cattle and approved of the sale, asking that they now be delivered, the Defendant denied that they were the cattle of Mr. I. Carson and could not deliver them.