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Gilbert Kempton fonds
Fonds · 1898-1920
images created by Kempton as an amateur photographer. These include photographs of his family, friends and the Liverpool and Milton areas. The album consists of images taken by Kempton which were reproduced by his son George, who added the notations ca. 1944-1945.
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.