REGISTERS - RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Bankruptcy Act 1892. Arranged alphabetically, record of proceedings kept by registrar's office, shows bankrupt's name and file number, and result of court hearing. Includes: applications for discharge, appeals against trustee's reje...
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Cause Books record civil action from its generation to the end of the action, including the judgement given, unless the case has been discontinued, abandoned or dismissed, in which case that will be stated. If subsequent to the judgement, an appea...
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Nominal index to Cause Book 5, 1891-1894. (WAS 185). Indexed by name of defendant only. (For plaintiff look in cause book itself, which is arranged alphabetically). Gives name of defendant and cause number (file number, WAS 201).
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Registers of causes heard before each sitting of the court (Full Court, Civil sittings, in Bankruptcy, Divorce). Gives civil writ number, parties, solicitors, claim and the judgement given (in red ink), also the name of the judge hearing the case ...
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Indexes to Cause List books (WAS 187) giving number of action (civil writ number), plaintiff and defendant, page reference in cause list book.
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REGISTER - CAUSE LISTS OF APPEALS
Lists of appeals heard in the Full court of the Supreme Court, listed by each sitting. This series is similar to the Cause List Books (WAS 187) except that it applies only to Appeals. It relates to the series of Appeals files (WAS 202) in that the...
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REGISTERS - APPEALS FROM OTHER COURTS
Register of appeals from convictions in other courts. The Supreme Court is the Court of Appeal. Shows file number, appellant, respondent, subject, dates of notice of appeal, result.For only some of these entries there will be a file in the series ...
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REGISTERS - CRIMINAL CALENDARS
Criminal calendars for the Supreme Court Perth and Circuit Courts, being registers of cases heard in the criminal sessions. Cases are given a running number for each sitting Volume 1 shows the name, charge, district, and witnesses, with the plea, ...
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Index of people tried at criminal sessions of the Supreme Court. Gives name of person and date of hearing, no other information. However, it is a useful index to Vol 1 of the Criminal Registers (WAS 49) from 1861.
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REGISTERS - CRIMINAL RECORDS OF CONVICTION
Record of criminal proceedings in Supreme Court sittings. Gives number and name of person charged and details of court proceedings.
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REGISTERS - CRIMINAL COURTS NOTE BOOK
Criminal Courts note book kept by the Clerk of Arraigns. Gives details of cases heard in criminal sessions: number, name of accused, charge, plea, sentence, name of attorney, jury if there is one, witnesses, exhibits, times throughout trial.
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REGISTERS - PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS
Record of Public Prosecutions kept by Attorney General's office. Includes statements of evidence by accused or witnesses followed by the opinion of the Attorney General as to whether prosecution should proceed. Gives case number and name of a...
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REGISTERS - RETURNS OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL BUSINESS
Various statistical returns of civil and criminal business heard in the Supreme Court for the information of H.E. the Governor. Includes: returns of Ticket of Leave and conditional pardon men (gives names) tried, and nature and amount of expense o...
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Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders Act 1921.Register of orders in Council reciprocal with other states and countries. Shows Divorce file number (WAS 35), names and addresses of parties, date and details of the order. Divorce number may a...
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REGISTERS - CROWN SUITS DEPARTMENTAL REGISTERS
Cases brought by or against government agencies eg, (Commissioner of Taxation, Perth Public Hospital, Commonwealth Military Forces of W.A. etc) acting on behalf of the Crown. Deals mainly with suits for unpaid accounts (taxes, hospital fees etc). ...
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The Civil Court of Western Australia was established in 1832 to deal with all cases as did the Courts of Westminister in England. Suits were to be commenced in the Court by summons and not by arrest. Pleadings in the court were to be oral and made...
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The files are mostly concerned with appeals from Local Courts or on matters of civil jurisdiction. However, they do include appeals from Courts of Petty Sessions or Courts of Summary Jurisdiction. Files of appeals relating to indictable offences a...
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Files of Full Court Lists, being lists of cases being heard by the Full Court of the Supreme Court for each sitting (March, May, July, September, November for most years). Cases include motions for admission (by solicitors/barristers) and appeals ...
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MINUTE BOOKS - COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS
On 9 December 1829, Captain Stirling appointed Justices of the Peace to deal with civil and criminal matters. The greater part of their work was in connection with criminal offences and they held courts of Petty and Quarter Sessions as in England....
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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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PROBATE RECORDS [SELECTED EXTRACTS ONLY]
This series consists of microfilm copies of selected documents from the Probate files. The documents were filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU) as part of their microfilming program. The documents were selected by the GSU in conjunction...
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Departmental Registers of correspondence received by the Attorney General's office. Shows from whom, to whom, subject, references to departments, how disposed of. Indexes to registers are at WAS 207.
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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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DIARIES - REGISTRAR OF SUPREME COURT
Daily diary kept by the Registrar of the Supreme Court. Gives date and brief notes of daily business, court sittings etc.
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LETTERBOOK - REGISTRARS OFFICE SUPREME COURT
Office letterbook of the Registrar's Office, Supreme Court. Index of addressees at front.(Volume is in fragile condition due to ink of the writing corroding through the paper).
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This is an artificial series created by the Public Records Office of Western Australia. It consists of estrays from other series of Supreme Court records and it is not known to which series they belong.
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MISCELLANEOUS REGISTERS CONCERNED WITH DECEASED ESTATES
A series of miscellaneous registers concerned with deceased estates. It is not always clear how these registers relate to other series such as the probate and administration registers (WAS 56, WAS 57) or files (WAS 34, WAS 59) or the card index (W...
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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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REGISTERS - COMPANIES PETITION FILES
The registers contain an index at the front of each volume to companies which have petitioned the Supreme Court over a specific matter. A number on year is allocated which refers to files in WAS 2242, Cons 5802.
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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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Files containing details of petitions by individual companies to the Supreme Court. To find a file number, it is necessary to ckeck in the Registers at WAS 2227, Cons 5805.
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BANKRUPTCY FILES - STAY OF PROCEEDINGS
Bankruptcy Act Amendment Act 1898A series of unregistered files, comprising a stay of proceedings.(A) creditor(s) may have taken the debtor to court but having obtained a hearing he would have gained preference over any other creditor. So any othe...
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COMMITTEE OF INQUIRY INTO LIQUOR LAWS - SUBMISSIONS
Original submissions presented to the Committee of Inquiry into Liquor Laws by interested bodies on matters relating to or affected by liquor laws. Also exhibits which accompanied the submissions in the form of plans, photographs, reports etc.
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DECREES NISI BECOMING ABSOLUTE
Lists of persons for whom decrees nisi became absolute
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REPORTS, ETC - SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS
Reports of investigations carried out by Inspectors into companies.
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In 1866 30 Vic No. 5 an ordinance to give a preferable lien on wool, became law. Where any person (usually a merchant) made a bonafide advance of money or goods or promissory note, he was given a preferential lien on the next ensuing clip of wool....
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Policy files relating to reviews of the Companies Code and possible amendments and regulations relating to companies and corporations.
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FILES - BUILDING SOCIETIES AND CREDIT UNIONS
Files maintained to register the details of building societies and credit unions.
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CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING CONVICTS
Letters from Comptroller of convicts forwarding antecedent memos, ie, forms detailing a man's previous convictions. The letters are written by the Comptroller General to the Chief Justice concerning men who are due to appear at forthcoming Cr...
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INDEX - DEPOSITIONS IN CASES NOT PROSECUTED
Nominal index to depositions in cases not prosecuted. Index shows name and a (deposition) number. To locate deposition consult consignment listings for WAS 122 (criminal indictment files). When the case was prosecuted the deposition was included i...
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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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CORRESPONDENCE - OFFICIAL RECEIVER IN BANKRUPTCY
Correspondence files including some general correspondence, but mainly correspondence to and from the Under Secretary for Law dealing with departmental business (staff matters etc).
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Cases stated are a type of appeal. They differ from ordinary appeals in being decided on a question of law as opposed to a question of fact. During a hearing/trial a question on a point of law can arise on which the magistrate/judge is unable to d...
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JUDGES NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE
Inward and outward correspondence mainly concerning applications for commissions for taking affidavits, also concerning cases eg, a lawyer writing for the judge's notes on a particular case. Judge's notes consist of notes on points of la...
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Records of conviction transmitted by convicting magistrates or Justices to the Registrar of the Supreme Court. Many relate to Aboriginal Natives and others relate to summary convictions. In either case the record of the conviction was required by ...
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These files contain certificates and declarations by the medical practitioner and witnesses of the execution of those sentenced to death at the Supreme Court 1911-1932. The declaration was subsequently published in the Government Gazette and a cop...
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At the time of the foundation of the Swan River colony, there was no right of appeal at all in criminal proceedings under the common law and statute law of England. Two Acts in 1886, 50 Vic. No. 15 and 50 Vic. No. 28 provided for appeal in crimina...
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Exhibits which were tendered in evidence to the Royal Commission into Commercial Activities of Government and Other Matters as part of formal proceedings.The exhibits consist of original papers together with photocopies (where the Royal Commission...
ROYAL COMMISSION INTO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES OF GOVERNMENT AND OTHER ACTIVITIES