No. of Plaint – 940

Summons

• Thain is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £4.0.4. The particulars of what the amount is due for are not indicated.

Summons; Invoice for £7.4.0

• Lielle is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £9.3.10. The amount is due for various legal services provided to the Defendant by the Plaintiffs.

No. of Plaint - 936

Summons; Invoice for £3.8.9

• Carey is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £4.10.5. The amount is due for painting and repairing a house by the Plaintiff for the Defendant.

No. of Plaint – 482

Summons; Invoice for $10.92; Judgment Confessed

• Bunster is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of $16.12. The amount is due for goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 425

Summons; Invoice for $242.50; Judgment Confessed

• Little is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of $251.80. The amount is due for goods sold and delivered by the Plaintiff to the Defendant.

No. of Plaint – 428

(2) Summons; (2) Invoice for $245.75

• Roberts is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of $247.50. The amount is due for goods sold and delivered to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

Indictment of Jack; charge of murder reduced to perjury; 1868/04/01
Information & complaint; of Klequamisht, through interpreter; 1868/04/02
Deposition of Dr.John Davie; re post mortem; 1868/04/03
Deposition of Bob; an Indian, through interpreter; 1868/04/04
Deposition of Silkanen; an Indian, through interpreter; 1868/04/05
Deposition of T. Kennedy; 1868/04/06

Indictment of Billy; verdict guilty, sentence 1 year (apparently coincided with murder charge- which see); 1871/05/01

Indictment of Harry; plea guilty; sentence 1 year; 1871/09/01
Charge; by Wm Morley, J.P., Cowichan; 1871/09/02
Recognisance of bail (2); 1871/09/03
Information & complaint; of Sur-sar-kalur, a Chemainus Indian; 1871/09/04
Examination; of Sur-sar-kalur; 1871/09/04
Examination of Se-hap-ton; 1871/09/05
Deposition of Harry; the accused; 1871/09/06

Indictment, Ah Yen,Ah Toy; verdict guilty; sentence 3 years; Victoria; 1872/02/01
Information & complaint; of Wm. Bowden; 1872/02/02
Deposition of John Ward; 1872/02/03
Deposition of Wm. Bowden; with m/s drawing of site of incident; 1872/02/04
Deposition of John Turner; 1872/02/05
Deposition of David Rappitt; 1872/02/06
Depsoition of Ah Toe; 1872/02/06

Indictment of Jimmy; stealing a pair of trousers & suspenders; verdict guilty; sentence 9 months hard labor; 1872/03/01

Indictment of Portlett and Macmooy-sock-me; with Macmooy-sock-me for murder of
No-look-a-me. True Bill by Robert Dunsmuir, Nanaimo. Verdict not guilty; Nanaimo;
1875/01/01
Deposition of Charley; an Indian, interpreted; 1875/01/01
Deposition of Macmooy; an Indian, interpreted; 1875/01/02
Deposition of Sal-la-coot-sa; an Indian, interpreted; 1875/01/03

Indictment for murder; verdict not guilty of early Burrard Inlet crime; 1875/02/01

Commitment of Ah Bow; to trial at New Westminster assize; 1875/05/01
Recognisances; to prosecute and give evidence; 1875/05/02
Deposition of Ellard; re theft of meerschaum pipes and knives; 1875/05/03
Deposition of Jackson; 1875/05/04
Statement of Ah Bow; all statements witnessed by Arthur Bushby, James Douglas‟ sonin-
law; 1875/05/05

Statement of claim; by Wah Fung; 1877/01/01

Recognisance to give evidence; Ah Yeng testimony in trial of Lee Fook for assault of Chin Jay; 1879/01/01
Recognisance to give evidence; Ah Tuong; 1879/01/02

Deposition of Sheepham; alias Jack; 1879/02/01
Deposition of Quokin; alias Ben; 1879/02/02

Deposition of Chul-kil-kita; a Queen Charlotte Indian; 1881/01/01

Indictment of Charley; Yale assizes; 1883/04/01
Warrant of commitment; 1883/04/02
Information & complaint; by Indian Jimmy; 1883/04/03

Surrender of citizenship; by Jim Fook; Chinese script endorsed; 1885/01/01

In response to a growing number of petty claims in Victoria in the newly established colony of Vancouver‟s Island, Governor James Douglas established the Inferior Court of Civil Justice (later changed to the Supreme Court of Civil Justice in 1860) in 1857.
This series is composed of one-hundred and sixty-eight case files comprised of three hundred and eighty-three documents pertaining to small claims suits in Victoria between 1858 and 1866.

No. of Plaint – 16
Invoice for $56; Summons; Evidence

• Peltier is summoned to appear in Court to answer Innes, The Barkeeper of the “Royal Standard” for debt and costs in the amount of £12.9.4 Peltier owed the money to Innes for liquor sold to him.