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British Honduras legal manuscripts
| Title |
British Honduras legal manuscripts |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/RCMS 268
(former reference: MSS 78) |
| Creator |
Parker, Frederick Hardyman, fl 1890, colonial administrator |
| Covering Dates |
1859–1890 (The dates are approximate.) |
| Extent and Medium |
1 box; paper; some of the paper is very fragile; mixed scripts |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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Frederick Hardyman Parker served as Registrar of the Supreme Court, Provost Marshal and Keeper of Records, British Honduras
Collection of extracts from legal records of British Honduras. Some are copies, others appear to be original documents in the writing of Frederick's father, William Alexander Parker, Chief Justice of British Honduras.
Presented by Frederick Hardyman Parker.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, British Honduras legal manuscripts, RCMS 268 |
| Further information |
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Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), p. 149. Indexed
Description created by MJC.
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| Index Terms |
| Belize |
| North and Central America |
| Parker, Frederick Hardyman (fl 1890) |
| RCS/RCMS 268 contains: |
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Extracts from the records. Extracts and notes on inheritance law, insolvency, the royal prerogative, the power of the governor, the Vice-Admiralty Court, and the army officer and revolutionary, Edward Marcus Despard, who served as superintendent of Honduras, 1786-1790. There is also a report on the case of Rev. Matthew Newport vs. John Gough, public treasurer of British Honduras, printed in the 'Honduras watchman'.
1 file; paper; manuscript. |
1890 |
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Extracts from legal records. The first extract records Chief Justice Temple's charge to the jury during the trial of William Eustace Fitzgibbon, in Oct. 1847, for publishing an allegedly seditious libel in 'The Honduras Observer and Belize Gazette'. The second records Temple's charge to the jury during trials for murder in Aug. 1848. The file also contains an apprenticeship indenture, notes on Crown land, burial rights and serving summons, and shipping receipts.
1 file; paper; manuscript. |
1890 |
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Chief Justice Temple's charges to the jury, October 1850, during trials for murder and piracy.
1 file; paper; manuscript. |
1890 |
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4
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Supreme Court judges' decisions, 1859-81.
3 vols. |
1859–1890 |
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Extracts from the legal records. Records of decisions and opinions given by Chief Justices W.A.M. Sheriff, William Parker and W. Meigh Goodman and the results of any appeals in the following cases:. 1. Florence Vega and John Carmichael, 7 Nov. 1863. 2. John Lodge and Attorney-General, 2 June 1864. 3. Jacinto Valencia and Manuel Casares, 5 July 1876. 4. The Queen and the American brig 'Lula', 26 Jan. 1880. 5. Derelict mahogany and cedar, 1 Sept. 1883. 6. Charles Hunter and Alexander Hunter vs. William Binney and John Mutrie, n.d. 7. B. Cramer Ibo and Nevin Rothers, 20 Dec. 1883. 8. Petrona McSweaney and Jose Maria Rosado, 11 May 1882. 9. Judgement of costs in unidentified appeal, 11 May 1882. 10. Applicability of the Mortmain Acts to the colonies. 11. Charles Thomson Hunter and George Clarke Wright, 4 May 1881. 12. John Jex and William McKinney, Henry Usher & others, 30 Nov. 1885 and 24 Jan. 1888. 13. Binney and Mutrie, 1 June 1885. 14. Attorney General vs. John Bristowe and Charles Thomson Hunter, 18 Nov. 1880. 15. John Gentle and Patrick Jobson vs. Philip Toledo, Frederick Bevan and Valencourt McDonald, 8 Dec. 1879.
1 file; paper; very fragile paper; manuscript. |
1863–1890 |
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