Law - Cases

Date: 1877-1886

By: Rusden, George William, 1819-1903

Reference: MS-Papers-0722/4

Description: Contains copy of shorthand notes of summing up of High Court of Justice, Queens Bench Division, Bryce v Rusden (12 March 1886); correspondence between F A Weld and Rusden about material for Rusden's history, chiefly concerning Maori and the Waitara land dispute(1877-1880). Included is a statement by C W Richmond on Waitara, and a photograph of Rusden with Rewi Maniapoto. Other - NB: Black and white negative (C 16368) of photograph of Rusden with Rewi Maniapoto contained in this folder available through the Pictorial Reference Section Other - For a summary of other material relating to Rusden held at the Royal Victorian Historical Society see AT 10/11 15 December 1992 (W L Renwick) Quantity: 1 folder(s) (157 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopy)

Date: 6 Feb-9 May 1886

By: Bryce, John (Hon), 1833-1913

Reference: MS-0340

Description: Typescript copy of a diary detailing the author's stay in London during the progress of the libel action Bryce v. Rusden with interesting details of the trial Quantity: 1 volume(s) (37 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; ½ fawn morocco, light brown boards)

Date: 1996-1997

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8154-044

Description: Letters relating to the Bain case and to the publication of McNesih's book. Includes correspondence between Helen and James McNeish, and David Bain, and letter from Robin Bain. Not all indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1980-1982

From: Rosenberg, George, fl 1970-1980s : Papers relating to Falema'i Lesa and New Zealand citizenship

Reference: MS-Papers-11470-02

Description: Comprises papers relating to test appeal case 'Lesa v Attorney General' 19 June 1982 and passing of the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982. Includes copy of booklet of documents for case and newspapers clippings about the citizenship protoccol signed between Western Samoa and New Zealand in August 1982. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1982-1999

From: Rosenberg, George, fl 1970-1980s : Papers relating to Falema'i Lesa and New Zealand citizenship

Reference: MS-Papers-11470-04

Description: Comprises papers relating to test appeal case 'Lesa v Attorney General' 19 June 1982 and protocol to Treaty of Friendship and Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982, such as handwritten notes, photocopies of Weekly Law Reports 1982, photocopies of submission by Rosenberg Denne & Co barristers and solicitors to select committee, introduction copy of Citizenship (Western Samoa) bill, letter, photocopy of Adoption Act clauses. Includes 1999 newspaper clipping about murder of Samoan politican Luagalau Levaulu Kamu. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1982?

From: Rosenberg, George, fl 1970-1980s : Papers relating to Falema'i Lesa and New Zealand citizenship

Reference: MS-Papers-11470-06

Description: Comprises draft of notes relating to overstayer test appeal case 'Levave v Immigration Department' 1978 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1990-1996]

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8154-038

Description: Photocopy of the diary of Margaret Bain, with annotations, underlinings and notes by McNeish. Also typescript tribute to Robin Bain, detailing his curriculum vitae. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1967

By: Patterson, John Kenneth, 1914-2005

Reference: MapColl-834.1gbc/1967/Acc.31194

Description: Plans from the Strongman Mine Committee of Inquiry, 1967, from the chairman, lawyer and senior magistrate Mr Patterson. Index of miners' working places at the time of the accident. List names of those on day shift and night shift. Identifies position of persons killed in the mine on the plan, their names and the injuries they died from. Identifies structural elements of the mine, for example stoppings, air crossings, goaf areas, elevations, falls. Plan shows where at least nineteen people died. Removed from donor's study after the sale of his house Quantity: 2 map(s). 1.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Diazo photoprint, scale indeterminable, 56.8 x 77.5 cm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Plans of Strongman Mine, 1967.

Date: 1842-1846, 1954

By: Wade, John, 1814-1885

Reference: MS-2200

Description: Business letters written from Wellington, dealing with the writer's shipping and whaling affairs; also some concerning his slander charge against Evans Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 volume(s) (82 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (27cm, red linen)

Date: 1995

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8154-058

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1995-1997

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: fMS-Papers-8154-2

Description: Newspaper cuttings relating to the Bain murders, to the subsequent trial of David Bain and the book of Joe Karam. Also typescripts of articels by McNeish for the British newspaper, `Guardian'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 1920-1980]

By: Patterson, John Kenneth, 1914-2005

Reference: MS-Group-0940

Description: Papers of a lawyer and senior magistrate, who practised in Reefton, and then in the Hutt Valley. They comprise notes and records of decisions and cases heard before him, partnership and legal papers, and the records of the Strongman Mine Committee of Inquiry, 1967, which Mr Patterson chaired. Also included are papers and notes of his father, the lawyer, Isaac Patterson, who lived in Reefton and specialised in mining law. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 98 folder(s). 1.90 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss, typescipts, printed matter. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Mr J K Patterson, 2000 Transfers: To Cartographic Collection - Plans of Strongman Mine, 1967..

Date: 1996-1997

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8154-046

Description: Letters relating to the Bain case and to the publication of McNeish's book. Includes some letters from Robin Bain. Not all indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1864-1920

By: Sinclair, William, 1855-1922

Reference: MS-Papers-0003

Description: Papers of a practice centred largely in Blenheim and Wellington Quantity: 27 folder(s) (217 pieces). Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1995

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8154-057

Description: Copies of depostions by witnesses. Annotated by McNeish. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1952-1962

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-1218

Description: Comprise appointment and appeals documents 1954-1962; patrol reports and anthropological data for Madang, Morobe, Eastern Highlands and Milne Bay Districts 1952-1964; paper by Peter Lawrence `Cargo cult and religious belief among the Garia'; paper by Ross Johnson on the history of the Madang District; papers from the District Court at Samarai, depositions and related documents re case of E R Johnson and A C Ritchie, charged with conspiring to defeat course of justice, 1968; photographs of Madang-Gusap road buiding; patrol from Bogadjim to Dumpu; Bam Island Rehabilitation Project. Source of title - Transcribed from item Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, PMB, 2004

Date: 1916

By: Rua Kenana Hepetipa, 1869-1937

Reference: qMS-1731

Description: The case against Rua Hepetipa otherwise known as Rua Kenena who was charged with sedition and resisting police at Wai-iti Includes report on condition of natives at Rua's settlement at Maungapohatu Quantity: 1 volume(s) (26 pages). Physical Description: Ms, typescript and printed matter (38 cm; green binding)

Date: 1995

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8154-049

Description: Notes taken by McNeish at interviews with various involved parties in the Bain case. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1881-1911 (1956)

By: Taylor, Thomas Edward, 1862-1911

Reference: MS-Papers-1535

Description: Reports of court proceedings in Seddon-Taylor case, 1904-1905, with related newspaper clippings and correspondence. Material on his political career and miscellaneous information on prohibition movement Quantity: 19 folder(s). 0.19 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter

Date: 1993

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8154-063

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).