Legal Info

Courts | Dramatis Personae | Links | Ordinances | Legal Terms of the Time

Courts: The Courts page contains information on date, location and judge for the following courts: the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, Court of Quarter Sessions, Court of Petty Sessions, Court of Requests and the County Court.

Dramatis Personae: The Dramatis Personae page contains biographical details for the following positions: Supreme Court Judges, Supreme Court Registrars, Chief Justices, Colonial Secretaries, Attornies-General, Minor Court appointments, Native Land Court Judges, Police Magistrates, Protectors of Aborigines and an index of Barristers in the colony.

Links: The Links page provides a series of links to other case law projects and repositories of primary source material.

Ordinances: The Ordinance page provides a list of relevant ordinances and acts in New Zealand during the 1840s and 1850s.

Legal Terms of the Time: This section provides a link to the criminal definitions published by the Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913, website. From the homepage, select the link entitled "About the Proceedings" and then select "Crime, Justice and Punishment" and finally select "Crimes tried at the Old Bailey".