Papers of George Godfrey, 1739-1792

The bulk of this collection consists of brief records of civil actions heard by George Godfrey as a justice of the peace for Bristol County, Massachusetts. With only a few interruptions, these records run from February 1754 through the early 1780s. The other documents include several small volumes and loose pages of household accounts, as well as a handful of pages of court records and marriages heard by George Godfrey and his father, John Godfrey.

Book of record for actions under $4.00. 1790-1799

Contains a record of cases which came before Egleston in his capacity as a justice of the peace for Berkshire County. The court was held in his home at Lenox.

A letter to the justices of the peace for the county of Surrey,: on the cases in the house of correction at Guildford /

Mode of access: Internet.

The Massachusetts justice : being a collection of the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, relative to the power and duty of justices of the peace. Alphabetically arranged, in two parts. Part I.--The power and duty of the justices of the Court of General Sessions of the peace. Part II.--The power and duty of justices of the peace, in their separate capacity : to which are added, under the proper heads, a variety of forms, grounded on said laws. The whole intended for the use of those who practise in the office of justice, to assist them in their duties thereto belonging : with an appendix, containing short and concise rules for changing pounds, shillings, pence and farthings, into dollars, cents and milles, which a late law has introduced as the money of account : also, rules for computing interest in such money, and sundry useful tables respecting the same : to all which an index is annexed /

Includes index.

Appointment as justice of the peace for Suffolk County,

Legal document from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts appointing Tudor as a justice of the peace for Suffolk County.

A treatise on the law arising before justices of the peace and in business transactions : as administered in courts of record in Ohio, and under the Revised Statutes of 1880 : with practical forms /

Includes index.

A treatise on the powers and duties of justices of the peace and town officers, in the state of New York, under the revised statutes; with practical forms.

Mode of access: Internet.

Binns's justice : Digest of the laws and judicial decisions of Pennsylvania, touching the authority and duties of justices of the peace: including all the required forms of process, docket entries, and fee bills ... The whole law in relation to landlord and tenant; insolvent debtors; elections; and fees: the general enactments of the inspection laws; militia laws; and many other laws: with an infinite variety of law forms ... /

The Magistrate's vocabulary of law terms and law phrases: p. 41-61.

The office and authority of a justice of peace : collected out of all the books, whether of common or statute-law, hitherto written on that subject : Shewing also the duty of constables, commissioners of sewers, coroners, overseers of the poor, surveyors of the highways, church-wardens, and other parish-officers : digested under alphabetical titles : To which are added precedents of indictments and warrants, never before printed : Very useful for justices of the peace, coroners, sheriffs, clerks of the assises, and of the peace, and of all others concern'd in such matters.

Mode of access: Internet.

An essay upon the execution of the laws against immorality and prophaneness. With a pref. address'd to Her Majesty's justices of the peace.

Mode of access: Internet.

Mr. Daggett's argument, before the General Assembly of the stateof Connecticut, October, 1804, in the case of certain justices of the peace. To which is prefixed, a brief history of the proceedings of the Assembly.

Sabin 18262.

Reports of cases relative to the duty and office of a justice of the peace, from Michaelmas term 1776, inclusive, to Trinity term 1785, inclusive.

"There were editions in 1786 and 1790, and a Dublin reprint ... in 1790. These contained only 388 pages. The 1800 edition has 593 pages, with table of principal matters. Some copies of the quarto with the earlier imprints appear also to have pages 389 to 593 added, and to be complete."--Soule, Lawyer's ref. manual, 1884.

Justice of the peace docket books, 1769-1808

A collection of notebooks in which Hubbard recorded both legal and personal transactions in detail, including: writs, arrests, wills, boundary disputes, damages awarded in court cases over which he presided, various payments and expenses, etc. Also included are three notebooks kept by his nephew James Hubbard, who inherited Joshua Hubbard's farm; these primarily record the sale of cider and vinegar from his farm, costs of hired labor, and bank loans.

Record of cases before the magistrate of Agawan, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1638-1702

Contains a record of cases before magistrate William Pynchon from 1639 to 1650. Notes are continued by his son, John, from 1652 to 1701. Included also are a record of marriages (1665-1702), a list of freemen, and a record of freemen meetings (1660-1696).

Justice of the peace and county, borough, poor law union and parish law recorder.

Mode of access: Internet.