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Minutes : 1796-1815.

Call Number:
HIL-MICL FC LPR .N4C6C6N6M5
Category:
New Brunswick
Creator:
New Brunswick. Inferior Court of Common Pleas (Northumberland County).
Material Description:
1 microfilm textual records 35 mm
Contents:

The Minute Book provides a detailed record of the court proceedings and is an excellent example of how an Inferior Court functioned in the early days of settlement. 

The proceedings include the date of the sitting and the names of the judges present, the names of the plaintiff and the defendant, and the nature of the offense. For each case, the names of the members of the jury and the witnesses for both the plaintiff and the defendant are recorded.

Originals:

The original records are held by the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.

Archival Ref. No.:

PANB RS 153.

Finding Aids:

There is no separate finding aid, but the records are arranged in chronological order.

Notes:

There are two copies of this microfilm reel.