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Only top-level descriptions British Columbia. Magistrate's Court (Cariboo) Court records--British Columbia--Cariboo district
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Cariboo Magistrate records

  • GR-0014
  • Series
  • 1909-1925

The series consists of preliminary hearing and speedy trial files created by the Cariboo Magistrate between 1909 and 1925. Records in each file may include information and complaint forms, depositions, warrants, statements of witnesses and accused and other material relating to the case.

Most of the files are for criminal cases and cover the following offences: theft, assault, forgery, burglary, carnal knowledge, fighting and bestiality.

British Columbia. Magistrate's Court (Cariboo)

Cariboo Magistrates's correspondence and other material

  • GR-0031
  • Series
  • 1923-1925

The series consists of correspondence, transcripts, statements, warrants and complaints from the Williams Lake office of H.B. Campbell, the Stipendiary Magistrate for the County of Cariboo, March 1923 to November 1925. The records deal with various civil and criminal cases including Liquor Act violations, Motor Vehicle Act violations, maintenance of deserted wives and children, theft, assault, rape and murder.

British Columbia. Magistrate's Court (Cariboo)

Cariboo County Court record books

  • GR-0584
  • Series
  • 1862-1910

This series consists of 24 volumes of plaint and procedure books from sittings at Richfield, Williams Lake, Soda Creek, Barkerville, Quesnel, Ashcroft, and 150 Mile House, 1862-1910; cash book, 1862-1883; sheriff's fee book, 1864-1865; bench books, 1864-1867; and Gold Commissioner's Court case books, 1864-1893. Note that a single volume may have been used for multiple purposes.

British Columbia. County Court (Cariboo)

Cariboo government office records

  • GR-4063
  • Series
  • 1864-1915

This series consists of a wide variety of records received or created by government officials in the Cariboo region from 1868 to 1915. Most of the records are addressed to government officials or were created by courts in the following places: Richfield, Barkerville, Quesnelle Forks and other locations in the Cariboo district. Over the years, the government offices responsible for the entire Cariboo district were located in each of these towns. The majority of the records appear to have been received by the Government Office, Richfield.

At this time government offices held a very wide range of responsibilities which could be done by as few as one person. The records relate to several government officials: the Gold Commissioner, Government Agent, Magistrate, County Court judge and Supreme Court judge.

The majority of the records are related to leasing, purchasing or gaining access to water for mining claims. This includes some records from the Gold Commissioner court.

There are also many county court and supreme court records. These records include summons; wills; probate and other estate records; search warrants; assizes; court transcripts; evidence; coroner inquest records; assize court calendars; sheriff records; and notes of the Board of Liquor Licence Commissioners approving renewal of liquor licences.

Other types of records include general correspondence from settlers; census data; voters lists; voter registration forms from Keithley Creek; criminal statistics; Land Ordinances; pre-emption records and other records related to the Land Act; naturalization oaths; indentures; receipts and financial records; maps; petitions for liquor licences; a BC Savings Bank (Cariboo Branch) depositors book; and a register of letters inward and outward for 1910-1915.

British Columbia. Gold Commissioner (Cariboo)