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1882/25 Regina vs. “King” – selling liquor without a licence

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Summary Convictions No 5 Sec 3/12. Warrant of Commitment for want of District . Canada Province of British Columbia district of Yale T o all or any of the Constables or other Peace Officers in the said District of Yale, province of British Columbia and to the Keeper of the Common Gaol of the said Province at New Westminster.

Whereeas King" a chinaman" late of [?] City 15 miles above Yale in the District aforesaid wass on the the sevnth day of march eighteen hundred and eighty two duly convicted before me one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the said Province on the information of Theodore W murray of the town of Yale aforesaid for that he the said King "a Chinaman" did on the 28th day of February AD 1882 at [?] City 15 miles above Yale aforesaid did use practice and carry on the trade of vending spiritual liquors by retail without having taken out a license and had granted to him a license in that behalf, and it was thereby adjudged that the said King should for such an offence forfeit and pay the sum of Two hundred dollars together with Thirty dollars for license the said sum to go to Her Majesty and should also pay to the said Theodore J Murry the sum of Twenty two dollars & fifty cents for the costs in that behalf