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              Fonds · 1818-1956
              Fonds consists of judgements books (1837-1843, 1860-1922, 1936-1967) which include indexes and were used to record names of parties involved, date of judgement, amount of damages and/or costs awarded and occasionally a summary of proceedings including a list of witnesses; one docket book (1859-1882); and jury books used to record lists of persons sitting on grand and petit juries. Fonds also contains high sheriff's attachment registers (1905-1949) which record the issuance of writs of final process or the enforcement of the sentence in a judicial proceedings, names of parties, amount, writ number, court, attorney, date and nature of return, and fees; sheriff's letter book (1900-1903); and accounts of monthly returns to government. Judgement book 'A', kept by prothonotary and county clerk, John Edgar, contains some entries for county court.
              Fonds · 1796-1831
              Fonds consists of three judgement books of decisions (1796-1807, 1808-1812, and 1816-1831) of the court in civil actions. The books include name of defendant, plantiff, date of judgement, and amount of costs/damages awarded. An index is included in the 1826-1831 book. All books were created while court was still being held at Horton.
              Fonds · 1866-1883
              Fonds consists of notices of summons, related correspondence and receipts for suits of William Hart. Hart was a Guysborough, Nova Scotia Justice of the Peace and also served as Judge of Probate, Registrar of Probate and Collector of Customs.
              Fonds · 1961-1995
              Fonds consists of documents, a biography of Black, announcement of Black's judgeship, duties, oath of office, framed certificates, and a Canadian Bill of Rights signed by Diefenbaker for Black.