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Chilliwack County Court civil and Supreme Court chambers bench book
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1889-1891 (Creation)
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4 cm of textual records
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The British Columbia government established a Supreme Court registry at Chilliwack (in the County of Westminster) in 1916, by Order-in-Council 0408-1916. The order, which also provided for a District Registrar, was approved by cabinet on May 5; notice was given by the Provincial Secretary’s office on May 10, 1916.
At this date (June 2022) the Chilliwack Registry of the Supreme Court continues as an active registry.
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Series consists of one bench book for Chilliwack County Court civil and Supreme Court chambers cases heard before Judge William Norman (W.N.) Bole between 1889 and 1891. The volume includes records relating to cases heard at his residence in New Westminster. It also frequently includes his reasons for judgement.
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Transferred from Ministry of Attorney General in 1989.
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Accession number(s): G89-273
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- Bole, William Norman, ca. 1846-1923 (Subject)
- British Columbia. Supreme Court (Chilliwack) (Subject)
- British Columbia. County Court (Chilliwack) (Subject)