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Notebook with entries in 3 different hands. Most of the book (starting at a page numbered 34) is an Assize record book kept by A.T. Bushby. This starts with a handwritten copies of oaths used in court: for Jurors in Lunacy, Grand Jurors, Foremen of the Jury, Petit Jurors (criminal and civil), Witnesses, and Interpreters; also a copy of the "7 Steps to Opening of Court". Starting December 1864, there are notes on criminal cases and bankruptcy, insolvency, winding-up, Chancery and probate cases, many held in Chambers. G.A. Walkem, H.P. Walker, Mr. Barnston and A.R. Robertson are mentioned as Attorneys, Oliver Hare as the Official Assignee. February 15, 1865 Clement Francis Cornwall is admitted on the Roll of British Columbia to practice as barrister at Law; November 25, 1865, Robert Edwin Jackson (Drake and Jackson, Victoria, VI) applied to be admitted to practice in British Columbia as a solicitor. For each Assize there is a list of Jurors: New Westminster (March 25, April 1, May 3, 1865); Lytton (May 13, 1865); Lillooet (May 23, 1865); Quesnellemouth (June 10,1865); Richfield (June 20, 1865); New Westminster (June 28 - Jul 14, 1865); Richfield (July 20, 1865); Kootenay (September 18, 1865); Lytton (November 6, 1865); Yale (November 11, 1865); New Westminster (November 17, 1865 - March 1867). This notebook corresponds with the more detailed Begbie benchbook GR-2025, volume 5). Bill of Sale record of registrations (1-10) kept by Oliver Hare for "Keithley and Mouth of Quesnelle district, 1873"; one page, dated 1877, lists three mining claims at Keithley Creek.

Presentments of the Grand Jury.

The series consists of probate cause books, and later case cards, for records probated in New Westminster between 1881 and 1991. A typical entry provides the probate file number, the name of the deceased party, and a short list of proceedings. These records are arranged in chronological order of the date of filing and can be used to locate the probate file number for an individual. That number can then be used to locate the file.

Indexes to estates probated in New Westminster. See also GR-1422, GR-2215 and GR-3006.

Series consists of letters probate (Form A) from the New Westminster Supreme Court from 1881 to 1956. Volumes 2-4 contain succession duties. Folios are not in exact numerical order.

The series consists of alphabetical indexes from 1881-1977 for New Westminster Supreme Court civil cause books and case record cards found within GR-1564. Indexes provide only a case file number. They do not provide volume and folio numbers necessary to locate civil orders and judgements.

The volume marked "8. Front index" has not been found to index New Westminster Supreme Court cause books (GR-1564), orders (GR-1606 and GR-1806), assize minute books (GR-1818), or judgments (GR-1892). It is assumed that this volume indexes a cause book that has not yet been transferred to BC Archives custody.

Series consists of civil cause books and case record cards from the New Westminster Supreme Court from September 1881 to April 1977. There are no cause books for November 1947 to August 1949 or for July to December 1975 and volume 11 (1956) is missing. Cause books and case records cards provide the framework for Supreme Court civil action cases and may include the names of parties, the dates when proceedings occurred, and can be used to determine volume and folio numbers for locating final orders and/or judgements. Cause books were used by the courts until approximately the mid-1970s. They were replaced by case record cards, which were replaced by digital systems in the 1990s. They are often the only source of information for divorces that were not finalized since no final order would have been granted and case files are destroyed.

Records are arranged chronologically by the date a case was initiated. Case file numbers were then assigned sequentially and include the year a case was initiated. Original textual records prior to 1949 were destroyed after microfilming. Retrieve records using microfilm reels The records were scheduled for retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 53200-20.

Probate case files, 1/1881 - 8566/1943.

Letters of Administration (Form C).

The series consists of judgements created by the New Westminster Supreme Court registry between 1882 and 1949. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court and judgements are the final orders issued in a case.

The series consists of original orders created by the New Westminster Supreme Court registry between 1889-1915. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court.

Records are arranged by volume as assigned by the court registry and are indexed. Original textual records were destroyed after microfilming. Six maps were removed from the files prior to microfilming and are housed separately (accession M90-005).

This series contains a cause book for divorce and matrimonial causes (indexed).

Suitor's fund books (indexed) for proceedings in New Westminster Supreme Court, 1890-1957and New Westminster County Court, 1947-1957.

Minute books from Assizes, including criminal and civil cases 1892-1898, 1911-1913. Vol. 1 is also a minute book for County Court criminal cases, 1892-1894. 3 vols.

This series consists of records November 1893 New Westminster Supreme Court case Regina v. Stroebel and Eyerly. Records include inquest, information, depositions and transcripts of the trial of Albert Stroebel and Franklin Eyerly for the murder of John Marshall, Upper Sumas, April 1893. The series also includes minutes of evidence from Regina v. Albert Stroebel for the same murder at the Victoria Fall Assizes, December 1893.

Wills book (indexed) containing copies of wills probated in New Westminster, 1894- ca. 1900. These are convenience copies; the original probated wills were sent to the Victoria Court Registry and are found in GR-1052.

Letters of administration for estates probated by the Official Administrator in New Westminster County Court, 1895-1940 (Vols. 1-5) and New Westminster Supreme Court, 1895-1954 (Vols. 1-8).

Petit jury list for the 1900 spring assize. (1 file).

Case files for proceedings under the Creditors' Relief Act.

This series includes criminal case files from the New Westminster Supreme Court and County Court, including trials held under the Speedy Trials Act. Crimes were committed throughout the New Westminster District, which covers a large portion of the lower mainland or Greater Vancouver area. Some files include transcripts of proceedings. Files in box 1 are not numbered and are not indexed.

The series consists of Supreme Court orders, created by the New Westminster Supreme Court from 1915 to 1939 and 1946 to 1947.

Petitions and assignments under the Bankruptcy Act, volume 1: 1920-1939; volume 2, 1939-1960.

Series consists of New Westminster Supreme Court Official Receiver bankruptcy record books from 1923-1949 for proceedings under the Bankruptcy Act.

Original records were destroyed after microfilming; retrieve records using microfilm.

Assize calendars for criminal cases, 1923-1974.

Criminal record book (indexed).

This series consists of grants of letters of administration with will annexed (form B) from the New Westminster Supreme Court from 1925-1977. The series also includes letters of administration with will annexed orders from 1992-1999.

Chambers lists for New Westminster Supreme and County Courts.

This series contains New Westminster Supreme Court orders from January 1940 to May 1945 and January 1948 to December 2004 (predominantly up to April 2001). 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, probates, and some adoptions.

Records are arranged by volume and folio number as assigned by the court registry. Beginning in May 1950, orders and judgements were separated and volume numbers 49-108 are duplicated. Beginning in March 1976, orders and judgements are interfiled. Between October 1990 and December 2004, orders, default judgements, certificates, and determinations related to financial cases were separated into their own volumes, 148-204, once again creating duplicated volume numbers. Researchers are encouraged to check volume numbers against dates when searching for specific records. Most, but not all, volumes include indexes or volume file lists. However, beginning in July 1990, volumes include a file list by case number only. The records were scheduled for full retention under Court Services ORCS (schedule 100152) 51400-25.

Probate/estate files nos. 8567/1943 - 13765/1949.

The series consists of orders created by the New Westminster Supreme Court registry between May 1945 to March 1946, May to September 1946, and December 1946 to February 1947. Orders are the formal expression of the ruling of the court.