MINUTE BOOK - MARITIME PRIZE COURT
Maritime Prize CourtWhen enemy vessels and cargo are captured in port or at sea at the declaration of war or during a war by the naval forces of a belligerent power, they have to be taken to a port in the captor's court.A Prize Court is speci...
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REGISTERS - PROCEEDINGS IN BANKRUPTCY
Daily record of proceedings under Bankruptcy Act 1892 and Amendment Act 1898. Shows date of entry, name and file number of debtor, document (ie, document filed at/issued by Court) eg, copy of deed of assignment, dividend, notice opposing petition,...
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Maritime Prize CourtWhen enemy vessels and cargo are captured in port or at sea at the declaration of war or during a war by the naval forces of a belligerent power, they have to be taken to a port in the captor's country for 'adjudicati...
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PROBATE FILES (PUBLIC TRUSTEE)
This series constitutes files raised by the Supreme Court regarding probate matters which were then forwarded to the Public Trustee for granting of probate.
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Register of trustees appointed under the Bankruptcy Act Amendment Act 1898. Trustees were appointed to administer the debtor's estate under the Amendment Act. Register shows: file number, name and address of debtor, date of special resolution...
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DAY BOOKS - INSOLVENTS' ACCOUNTS
Insolvents Accounts Day Books (Cash) kept by the Official Assignee. Shows name, address and occupation of insolvent and a statement of the accounts of his estate.
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Bankruptcy Act Amendment Act 1898 and Bankruptcy Act 1892 Trustees accounts received for audit. Shows name of debtor, name and address of trustee, date of execution of deed, details and dates of auditing process. File number given in some cases do...
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REGISTERS - PAPERS RECEIVED FROM ASSOCIATES
Register, possibly kept by Registrar, of papers relating to civil cases (Record Series No. 201), divorce, local court appeals etc. Papers included appeal book, copy papers for judge, affidavits, summons etc and were received from various clerks in...
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INDEXES - REGISTERS OF CORRESPONDENCE
Indexes to register (WAS 208) of correspondence which came through the Attorney General's office.
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INDEXES TO REGISTERS OF FULL COURT ORDERS (APPEALS)
Index to registers of Full (Supreme) Court orders or appeals. (Whereabouts of registers now known at this stage). Refers to number of action, parties, page in registers. There is no direct relationship between this index and the Appeals files (WAS...
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Until 1832 there were no legal means of dealing with the estates of deceased persons in Western Australia. (The estates of those who died in the colony between 1829 and 1831 were administered in Britain, were settled informally, or were settled la...
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Divorce Registers and alphabetical index of petitioners. Early volumes include precis and decrees. Later volumes record names of petitioners, respondents and co-respondents; maiden name of wife and date and place of marriage; and (from 1941 onward...
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MINUTES OF INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS
By authority of the Insolvent Ordinance of 1856 (20 Vic, No. 10) the Civil Court was constituted as a Court of Insolvency. Jurisdiction was transferred to the Supreme Court, when that court was established in 1861. The records which comprise this ...
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APPLICATIONS FOR GRANTS OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION (ORIGINALS)
Letters of Administration are granted by the Court in cases where a person has died intestate (without a will) or when the executors mentioned in a will are unable to administer the testator's estate.This series constitutes original documents...
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INDEX TO PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION FILES
Index cards to Grants of Probate and to Grants of Letters of Administration. The cards are arranged alphabetically and cover the period 1832 - c. 1939.Typically, the index cards which constitute this series show 1) the name of the deceased 2) the ...
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INDEX TO ADMINISTRATIONS/FORM AND PROCEDURES BOOK
Index to Administration files and copies of Grants of Letters of Administration, (Nos. 1-22), 1832-1840. The second half of this volume contains copies of Forms of Plaints to be filed in Civil actions, 1836, and Rules & Orders for the regulation o...
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FILES - DIVORCE EXCEPTIONS AND INTERSTATE DIVORCE
These are files related to divorce which fall outside the usual applications to file for dissolution of marriage under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1959.There are three categories:1. Applications under Section 43 of the Act, seeking to vary the prov...
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FEE BOOK - VICE ADMIRALTY COURT
The jurisdiction of Vice-Admiralty Courts extended to such matters as wages, pilotage, salvage, towage, damage to ships, bottomry, securities over ships and also breaches of navy regulations and droits of admiralty. Courts also had jurisdiction ov...
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REGISTERS - ARTICLES RECEIVED BY THE SUPREME COURT
Register of articles received at the Supreme Court, apparently from people who have been declared insane under the Lunacy Act (No. 15 of 1903). Under this Act the Court may make arrangement for control of the persons property, for discharge of deb...
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NOTEBOOKS - FULL COURT AND COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL [JUSTICE WALKER]
Notebook of Justice Walker presiding over full court and court of criminal appeal cases of the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
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RETURNS OF PRISONERS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL
Returns of prisoners committed for trial at the Supreme Court. The returns were sent to the Court initially by the Comptroller of convicts and later they were sent from Perth Gaol. The returns list the men accused with their registration number, i...
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FILES - PREROGATIVE WRITS OF CERTIORARI, PROHIBITION, MANDAMUS AND HABEAS CORPUS
This series contains files for several types of prerogative writs. These were writs issued by the Supreme Court for the supervision of inferior courts, tribunals and administrative bodies. The different types are described on the next page.The ser...
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FILES - APPEALS - GOLDFIELDS ACT
The 1895 Goldfields Act set up a Court of Mining Appeals consisting of 3 judges of the Supreme Court to hear appeals on decisions of the Wardens' Courts on civil cases on the goldfields.Either party could appeal on a question of law or the ad...
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FILES - CASES STATED, CAVEATS AND APPEALS - GOLDFIELDS ACT
Cases on the goldfields were heard by Wardens' Courts. Under the 1895 Goldfields Act, Wardens could reserve points of law which arose in these cases for the opinion of the Supreme Court, since many early Wardens had no legal training. ...
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The Mining Act (No. 15 of 1904) repealed the 1895 Goldfields Act, and hence apparently discontinued the Court of Mining Appeals which had previously heard appeals on decisions of Wardens' Courts. The 1904 Act provided for appeals to the Supre...
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