A.F.P. (S.M.) 23 March/80

In the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

Before Sir Matthew Begbie, Chief Justice

Calendar

General Assize

Held at Victoria on Monday the Second day of June 1879.

No.; Name of Prisoner; Indictment; Finding of Grand Jury; Plea; Verdict; Sentence

1. Ah Mow; Larceny; True Bill; Not Guilty; Guilty; Eighteen calendar months

2. Ah Mow; Larceny; True Bill; Not Guilty; Guilty; Imprisonment with hard labour

3. George Lucky; assaulting a Peace Officer in the due execution of his duty; 2. common assault; True Bill; Not Guilty; Not Guilty

4. Charles Bell; sodomy; True Bill; Not Guilty; Guilty; Imprisonment in Penitentiary for life

5. William Johns; assaulting a Peace Officer in the due execution of his duty; 2. common assault; True Bill; Not Guilty; Guilty with a recommendation to mercy; to pay costs of Trial if some not paid, 1 month further imprisonment

6. John Tod; larceny; True Bill; Not Guilty; Not Guilty

7. Gustave Scherer; illicit distilling; No Bill;

8. Willianm Steinberger; illicit distilling; True Bill; Not Guilty; Not Guilty

9. Ralph Ingham 1. Larceny 2. feloniously receiving; True Bill; Not Guilty; Not Guilty

10. William Playfair; assaulting a Peace Officer in the due execution of his duty; 2. common assault; 3. Comtempt of Court; True Bill; Not Guilty; Guilty on 1st and 3rd counts; three months imprisonment with hard labour

Victoria June 16th 1879, James C. Prevost, Registrar, S.C. Matt. B. Begbie C.J.

BC Archives GR-0419 Box 19 File 1880/13 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Attorney General documents.