Francis Forbes - 'Trial by Jury', ca. 1824-1836

A 741

series

1820-1824

201956

Microfilm : CY 1226, frames 1-137 (A 741)

1 volume - 0.04 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (printed)

3 Aug. 1824 - 13 Apr. 1836; Correspondence and Printed Material
CORRESPONDENCE
Most letters are addressed to Thomas Brisbane and Ralph Darling in their capacity as Governor and are from various individuals including by John Oxley and Francis Forbes. The letters are mainly on the subject of forming of Quarter Sessions and a quorum, magistrate appointments, Sheriffs returns (John Oxley and Darcy Wentworth), the administration of justice, and trial by jury. Includes list of emancipists and expirys on the special jury list, 1832; return of the numbers of civil issues tried in the Supreme Court of NSW, 1833.
PRINTED MATERIAL
"Rules and Orders of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, June 22nd 1825"
"A bill for regulating the Trial by Jury of Actions at Law brought in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, 2 Sept. 1829".
Return of the number of Issues tried on the Civil Side of the Supreme Court of N.S.W. during the years 1830, 1831, 1832, and 1833 ... John Gurner, 1833
Copy of a letter from their honors the Judges of the Supreme Court to the Hon. The Colonial Secretary, 1833
A return of the number of persons tried before the serveal courts of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace throughout the Colony of N.S.W. during the year 1835.
A return of the number of criminal issues, and prisoners, tried before the Supreme Court of N.S.W. from the beginning of the year 1835 to the end of the May sessions, 1836, distinguishing those tried by Military and Civil Juries, J. Gurner, 1836.
Civil Juries. Opinions of their honors the Judges of the Supreme Court and of the law officers of the Crown upon the verdicts of Civil Juries, Alexander McLeay, 1836

Bound in a volume with lettering on spine, "Trial by Jury".
Paper includes the following watermarks, "Snelgrove / & / Son / 1820" ; "J & M Mills / 1821" ; "W. Tucker / 1821" ; "Gilling / & / Allford / 1822" ; "J. Rump / 1824" ; "J. Rump / 1825" ; "J. Philps / 1826" ; "H. Timms / 1831" ; "Edmund Shaw / London"
D.S. Mitchell bookplate inside front cover.

Title taken from p.i
"Decisions Newfdl" embossed on spine.