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Cranbrook Supreme Court and County Court minute books
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1960-1968 (Creation)
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- British Columbia. Supreme Court (Cranbrook)
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1960-1968 (Creation)
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- British Columbia. County Court (Cranbrook)
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10 cm of textual material.
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In 1908 the British Columbia government established a Supreme Court registry at Cranbrook, effective June 22, 1908. It was approved and ordered by Order-in-Council # 0388-1908 dated June 10, 1908. (Source: Orders-in-Council and British Columbia Gazette 1908, p. 2188)
By the same order, the Registry of the Supreme Court at Fort Steele was closed.
Currently (to March 31, 2016) the Cranbrook Registry of the Supreme Court continues as an active registry.
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Scope and content
The series consists of minute books from the Supreme Court of Cranbrook and the County Court of Cranbrook from 1960-1968. The books include information from criminal court, assizes, appeals and citizenship court cases. Most entries include dates, names of defendant, names of lawyers, names of jurors, names of witnesses called, exhibits, and other events of individual trials. Trials are organized by date, and are not indexed. Trials may not have an associated file number. Volume 1 covers 1960-1963, volume 2 covers 1963-1966, and volume 3 covers 1966-1968.
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Transferred from the Ministry of Attorney General, 2002.
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Restrictions on access
These records are restricted. Please contact the BC Archives for information about access.
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Associated materials
See GR-2483 for earlier minute books from Cranbrook.
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Accession number: 83-0364