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This series contains a letterbook and daily diaries from the Boundary District police force. The letterbook covers the period Dec. 27, 1905 to Dec. 13, 1907 (vol. 1). Daily diaries cover the period April 1, 1901 to June 30, 1908 (vol. 2) and April 26, 1911 to March 31, 1919. (vol. 3).

Volume 1 covers the entire province of British Columbia, not just the Boundary District.

Chamber applications made in Kelowna, Judge J.D. Swanson presiding, May 1923-1930.

Provincial Police Court record books for 1910-1929 and 1932-1950 showing name of prosecutor, name of defendant, nature of the charge, costs, name of arresting officer, name of gaol or lockup, order or conviction, amount of fine, name of presiding magistrate or justice and "remarks" .

Record book for Summerland, Oct 1934 - Feb 1939. This volume also includes cases from Peachland and "Unorganized Territory".

This series consists of one cause book from the Vernon Supreme Court for civil cases between Sep 1914 and May 1937. Cause books provide the skeletal framework for Supreme Court civil action proceedings and may include the names of parties, the dates when proceedings occurred, and can be used to determine a volume and folio number for locating final orders. Subjects include a variety of financial matters, divorces, probates and estate administration, adoption orders, and other civil cases.

Plaint and procedure books (indexed). v. 1: June 1889 - November 1893 and v. 2: November 1893 June 1899. Volume 2 includes mining cases.

The series consists of orders issued by the Supreme Court in Vernon between 1901-1930 and 1958-1959. Researchers should note that orders for the period 1931 to 1957 are missing. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court and judgements are the final orders issued in a case. Records relate to a variety of civil matters including divorces, bankruptcies, foreclosures, and some adoptions.

Microfilm reel B16147 contains volume 1 (May1901-November 1916) and volume 2 (October 1916-July 1920) of the orders. Container 831041-0001 contains original paper copies of orders as well as several indexes, although it is unclear to which orders these refer. They appear to index more than what was transferred in the box. When the records arrived at the Archives, they had been divided into folders based on year, and are arranged in rough chronological orders. Records relating to the same case can be found across several folders. The paper records also contain a small number of interfiled judgments.

Chambers books. v. 1: October 1904 - 1907 and v. 2: 1908-1910.

List of those fined before the Summerland Police and Small Debts Court for using domestic water outside a building for watering other than during the hours between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., August 28, 1928. The list gives names and amounts of fines, court fees, legal fees and mileage fees.

Daily diary for Vernon Detachment of Provincial Police Force, 1940-1944. Volume includes list of special police.

Criminal case files.

Suitors' fund cash book, May 1923 - March 1978 (p.1-189); Law Stamp register, October 1930 - September 1973 (p.200-248); Small Claims Court suitors' fund cash book, 1978 (p.249-250); suitors' funds transferred to and made by Treasury, Victoria, B.C., 1923-1952 (p.280-281). There is a blank "Form M" for transmitting Suitors' Fund Deposits to the Deputy Minister of Finance inside the front cover of the volume.

Mechanics Lien index for claims filed against real property.

Criminal case files.

Bench books, cases heard by Judge John D. Swanson, 1930-1941, and Judge James Ross Archibald, 1942-1946.

Registrar's notebooks which include naturalizations and chambers cases from the Supreme Court.

Information and complaints the majority of which were taken and sworn before William Morley. Juvenile records (GR-2769) have been removed from this series and are filed separately. Includes Coldstream, Falkland, Salmon Arm, and Sicamous.

Series consists of original civil orders and judgements created between 1914 and 1938 by the Penticton County Court and Supreme Court. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court and judgements are the final orders issued in a case. Records relate to a variety of civil matters including divorces.

Files under the Woodmen's Lien for Wages Act, 1944-1950.

Debtor and creditor judgement indexes.

Chambers applications, 1923-1930 (p.1-6); criminal record book 1931-1956 (p.7-47).

Provincial Police Court record books from Vernon City showing name of prosecutor, name of defendant, nature of the charge, costs, name of arresting officer, name of gaol or lockup, order or conviction, amount of fine, name of presiding magistrate or justice and "remarks".

Provincial Police Court record book from Vernon district showing name of prosecutor, name of defendant, nature of the charge, costs, name of arresting officer, name of gaol or lockup, order or conviction, amount of fine, name of presiding magistrate or justice and "remarks".

Provincial Police Court record books from Naramata (1913-1914), Lumby (1920), and Vernon district (1948-1953) showing name of prosecutor, name of defendant, nature of the charge, costs, name of arresting officer, name of gaol or lockup, order or conviction, amount of fine, name of presiding magistrate or justice and "remarks". The volume also includes a calendar for Vernon Spring and Fall Assizes, 1949.

Assize record books.

Assize record books for criminal cases.

Adoption case files.

Criminal case files.

Series consists of original civil orders and judgements created between 1922 and 1941 by the Penticton Supreme Court. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court and judgements are the final orders issued in a case. Records relate to a variety of civil matters including divorces.

Partnership declarations and dissolutions.