Colonial cases, British Columbia

Published by Centre for Comparative Law, History and Governance at Macquarie Law School

 

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This site is based on records found through an invaluable website, www.paperofrecord.com. Texts have been transcribed literally, without correcting spelling or printing errors. Transcriptions are from the British Columbian.

22 January 2009: Paper of Record has just been sold to Google. Clicking on www.paperofrecord.com now takes the reader to Google. I have not yet worked out whether it is possible to retrieve the material which was so readily retrievable before the sale. June 2010: Google news appears to have placed the Canadian colonial newspapers online now, and that is now the source of material for this site.

In its initial stages, this site will concentrate on the decisions of Begbie J. We begin with Anonymous, 1861, which is an important examination of the reception of English law in a new society. Unfortunately, the British Columbian gives plenty of evidence of the activities of the Supreme Court, but very little indeed about the decisions made there. Most of the references to the court are formal notices.

For a Fort Yale Grand Jury's recommendations to Begbie J., including the prevention of maltreatment of indigenous graves, see British Columbian, 11 April 1861, p. 2.

Bruce Kercher

 

Anonymous, 1861 [bankruptcy, jurisdiction - Supreme Court, jurisdiction - reception of English law]

Ord v Drinkall, 1872 [breach of promise of marriage]