FILES - CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS FROM MILITARY SERVICE
The Defence Act 1903 - 41 and Ammended Act, 1963 is a Commonwealth Act under the Westminister System, with parts 4 & 5 referring to Conscientious Objectors. Such a person applied to their Local District Court for Exemption from Military Service. S...
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INDEXES - SUPREME COURT JUDGEMENTS (CIVIL)
Indexes to Vols 7, 8, 9 of Cause Books and/or Record of Judgements of Supreme Court (WAS 131).1. Index for Vols 7 & 8 by plaintiff's name2. Index for Vols 7 & 8 bhy defendant's name3. Index for Vol 9 by defendant's name(Beginning in...
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REGISTERS - LOCAL COURT JUDGEMENTS
Register of Local Court judgements with cross reference to consecutive number in Supreme Court judgements registers.
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Lists of cases heard in the Supreme Court - civil sittings before a judge, a judge and jury, the Full Court, in Divorce. Cases are listed in numerical order as they came before the Court. The lists show date of hearing, cause number (WAS 201), par...
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Lists of criminal cases heard in the Supreme Court, including criminal appeals. Cases are listed in numerical order as they came before the Court. These lists are similar to the Criminal Calendars (WAS 122, Cons 3660), however the criminal calenda...
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1892 Bankruptcy ActRegisters of Receiving Orders made. When the petition has been filed at the Court a Receiving Order is made and the debtor is declared bankrupt. Registers follow through the course of bankruptcy proceedings. Arranged by case num...
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Source documentation created by the Royal Commission into the Commercial Activities of Government and Other Matters. The documentation provides a summary of the GENERAL DOCUMENTS (Series No. 2984, Consignment 7333) submitted to the Commission by ...
ROYAL COMMISSION INTO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES OF GOVERNMENT AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
Nominal index of inquests. Gives name of deceased, number (not known to what this refers), verdict (ie, cause of death - suicide, drowning, natural causes, accidental etc).
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Printed sets of audited transcripts of open hearings, in-camera hearings and private hearings heard before the Royal Commission into the Commercial Activities of Government and Other Matters.The transcripts are copied into two sequences:1 set of t...
ROYAL COMMISSION INTO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES OF GOVERNMENT AND OTHER ACTIVITIES
NOTEBOOKS - CRIMINAL SITTINGS [JUSTICE WALKER]
Notebooks of Justice Walker presiding over criminal cases of the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
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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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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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Bankruptcy Act Amendment Act 1898. Item one consists of an alphabetical register of trustees to whom were assigned estates of debtors by deed of assignment. Arranged alphabetically and chronologically, register shows name of trustee, name and fil...
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The Petition of Right was the form used under the Crown Suits Act 31 Vic No. 7 of 1867 for proceedings against the Crown for damages for breach of contract or for the recovery of property.Access to these files is through the registers (WAS 892). F...
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The Railways Act 42 Vic 31 of 1878 made provisions for land to be taken, entered on, used or resumed for certain purposes relating to the building of railways.Persons affected had to establish title to the land and submit a claim to the Commission...
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REGISTERS - TAXATION OF SOLICITOR'S COSTS
Books kept by the Registrar's office recording taxation of solicitor's costs after debtor has been declared bankrupt. He has to pay the creditor's petition costs in the court action which declared him bankrupt. Shows name of solicit...
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REGISTERS - COMPOSITIONS OR SCHEMES OF ARRANGEMENT
Under the Bankruptcy Act Amendment Act 1898 a debtor could "trade out" of his insolvency and two means of this were:scheme of arrangement - where debtors affairs were arranged to trade out, and composition - where creditor(s) agree to take a certa...
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NOTEBOOKS - DIVORCE SITTINGS [JUSTICE WALKER]
Notebooks of Justice Walker presiding over divorce cases of the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
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NOTEBOOKS - CIRCUIT COURT [JUSTICE WALKER]
Notebook of Justice Walker presiding over circuit court (courts of session) cases of the Supreme Court of Western Australia.
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FILES - DEFUNCT STATE COMPANIES
This series comprises files of State owned companies that have been registered as defunct. The files typically contain memorandum and articles of association related to the dissolution of the company, but may also contain initial company registrat...
COMPANIES REGISTRATION OFFICE
Cases heard in the Court in Equity. This register records orders and decrees given for cases in equity. Equity is a division within common law which is the body of law inherited by the Colony of Western Australia from England. Equity is a system o...
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COPIES OF GRANTS OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
Letters of Administration are granted by the Court in cases where a person has died intestate (without a will) or when the executors cited in a testator's will are unable to administer the estate.Typically, these records show:1) the name of t...
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FILES - DEFUNCT FOREIGN COMPANIES
This series comprises files of Foreign owned companies that have been registered as defunct. The files typically contain memorandum and articles of association related to the dissolution of the company, but may also contain initial company registr...
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These volumes contain copies of Grants of Probate (which show date of testators' death and the names of executors) and certified copies of Wills. Unlike WAS 34 (Original Probate files), these records may be consulted and copied without writte...
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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 - 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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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 - 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 - 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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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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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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FILES - SPECIAL CASES STATED - MINING
The Wardens' Courts heard cases on the goldfields. Many early Wardens had no legal training, so the Goldfields Acts of 1886 and 1895 made provision for them to reserve points of law for the opinions of the Supreme Court on any case before a ...
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FILES - RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF MAINTENANCE ORDERS ACT
The W.A. Reciprocal Enforcement Maintenance Orders Act, No. 27 of 1921, provided for the enforcement of maintenance orders in W.A. where the divorce and order were granted outside W.A. and vice-versa. The orders had to be registered with the Supre...
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FILES - PROBATE OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE
These are the general correspondence files of the Probate Office. This includes general enquiries, supply of forms to solicitors and records kept in accordance with the Stamp Act 1902. These records concerned duties charged for instruments registe...
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The Mining Act (No. 15 of 1904) permitted any person claiming an interest in a lease or mining venture to lodge a caveat forbidding any transfer, change of proprietorship or other activity affecting that interest. A lessee, applicant, shareholder ...
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In order to deal with criminal offences Captain Stirling created the appointments of Justices of the Peace on 9 December 1829 under the 1535 Act Hen. VIII, excluding the "caution clause". A further Proclamation was made on 20 January 1830 appointi...
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INDEX TO PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION RECORDS
Card index on microfilm to grants of probate and letters of administration. This index continues on from the index at Record Series No. 55 which ceased at 1940. However, there is some overlap as this index includes some entries as early as 1900, ...
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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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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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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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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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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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This series of civil writs files continues on from WAS 576. From 1889 the system of arrangement becomes alpha numerical with files taking the plaintiff's initial followed by a number (A1, A2, B1, B2 etc) within each year.File numbers can be f...
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The Petition of Right was the form used under the Crown Suits Act 31 Vic. No. 7 of 1867 for proceedings against the Crown for damages for breach of contract or for the recovery of property. The alphabetical index at the front of the volume is arra...
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REGISTERS - POWERS OF ATTORNEY
The Power of Attorney Act (60 Vic. No. 2 of 1896) provided that an instrument creating a power of attorney might be deposited in the Supreme Court Office. A person living in another country, state or town would appoint someone in Western Australia...
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REGISTERS - CIVIL COURT RECORDS OF PLAINTS
List of plaints brought before the Civil Court from 1832. The Civil Court was established by the Civil Court Act of 1832 which was the first Act of the newly created legislature. Initially, all pleadings were oral and the Civil Court Record shows ...
CIVIL COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
REGISTERS - JUDGEMENTS OF SUPREME COURT OF W.A.
This series commences part way through Vol 7 of WAS 129, Civil Court Records of Plaints. With the establishment of the Supreme Court in 1861 the volume became Cause Book and/or Record of Judgements for the Supreme Court. Cases are listed in the or...
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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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