Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Musgrave, Anthony to Leveson-Gower, Granville George 7 June 1870, CO 60:39, no. 7280, 6.
Abstract
Musgrave, Anthony to Leveson-Gower, Granville George 7 June 1870, CO 60:39, no. 7280, 6.
Despatch to London.
Minutes (3), Enclosures (untranscribed) (2), Other documents (1).
No. 79
June 7th 1870
My Lord,
I have the honor to forward to Your Lordship, an authenticated,
and two plain copies of an Ordinance passed by the Legislative
Council entitled,
An Ordinance to alter and amend the County Court Ordinance 1867.
2. The Attorney General's Report is annexed.
3. I regard the provisions of the measure as judicious. A very
extensive jurisdiction is confided by the original ordinance to
the County Court Judges, who are the Stipendiary Magistrates in
the several Districts, and who are not members of the legal
Profession.In
In cases where the amounts in dispute are above the
sum of £10, it is desirable that the litigants should have
opportunity for obtaining the decision of a higher Court, and a
duly qualified Judge. The power may not often be used, but the
fact of its existence will tend to remove some dissatisfaction
which has arisen withregard
regard to the action of the County Courts.
In cases where the amounts in dispute are above the
sum of £10, it is desirable that the litigants should have
opportunity for obtaining the decision of a higher Court, and a
duly qualified Judge. The power may not often be used, but the
fact of its existence will tend to remove some dissatisfaction
which has arisen withregard
regard to the action of the County Courts.
Minutes by CO staff
Documents enclosed with the main document (not transcribed)
Three printed copies of ordinance not on microfilm.
H.P.P. Crease, Attorney General, to Musgrave, 11 May 1870,
reporting on the ordinance as per despatch.
