Series GR-0043 - Cariboo Small Debts Court cause books

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Cariboo Small Debts Court cause books

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  • 1895-1950 (Creation)

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14 cm of textual records

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The ledgers in accession 83-0774 passed into the custody of the Quesnel Court Registry prior to transferral to the Archives.

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The series consists of two cause books from the Small Debts Court in Barkerville. The first, in accession 75-G-053, was created between November 1933 and September 1940. This volume also includes proceedings under the Deserted Wives Maintenance Act. The series also includes a Sheriff's record book for the County Court of Cariboo, created between April 1895 and September 1899, listing summonses issued and served in Quesnel, 150 Mile House, Soda Creek, Richfield, Ashcroft Station and Clinton. The second Barkerville cause book, in accession 83-0774, was created between February 1941 and February 1950. It includes receipts issued by the Gold Commissioner’s office at Barkerville.

The series also consists of one ledger created solely by the County Court of Cariboo for small debts cases heard in Quesnel and Williams Lake. The cause book is arranged chronologically, but there is a loose alphabetical index included in the volume. Cases dating from 1921-1923 were heard in Williams Lake, and cases from 1925-1948 were heard in Quesnel. The spine bindings on this volume indicate that the ledger may have originally been in the possession of the the Government Agent of 150 Mile House.

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Transferred from the Government Agent, Quesnel, in 1973.
Accession 83-0774 transferred from the Ministry of Justice in January 2016.

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Accession number(s): 75-G-053, 83-0774

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