✨ Judicial Appointments and Resignations
NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 19
for the goldfield constituted by the hereinbefore recited
Proclamations of the eighth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight, and of the ninth day of
February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy,
respectively, for the administration of justice therein,
and doth hereby appoint
CHARLES EROAD, Esq.,
JOSEPH GILES, Esq., and
CALEB WHITEFOORD, Esq.,
to be Wardens of such Courts, with power to act alone
or with assessors, and in such manner as is provided
by the said Act, and to exercise all such powers as are
mentioned in the said Act, and which the Governor by
the said Act has power to direct to be exercised by
Wardens.
HENRY D. PITT, Capt. R.A.,
Private Secretary,
(for Clerk of the Executive Council).
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Auckland, on the
eleventh day of February, 1870.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by "The Goldfields Act, 1866," it is
amongst other things enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor, by Order in Council, from
time to time to constitute any goldfield, or for any
part thereof, Wardens' Courts, for the administration
of justice therein, and to appoint Wardens of such
Courts, with power to act alone or with assessors, and
in such manner, and to exercise all or any of the
powers thereinafter mentioned, as the Governor shall
think fit to direct:
Now therefore His Excellency the Governor, by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the Colony, doth hereby, in pursuance and exercise
of the power and authority vested in him for this pur-
pose, appoint
THOMAS ALFRED SNEYD KYNNERSLEY, Esq.,
to be a Warden of all Wardens' Courts now constituted
within the Nelson South-west Goldfields, with power
to him to act alone or with assessors, and to exercise
all or any of the powers vested in or imposed on Judges
of Warden's Courts.
HENRY D. PITT, Capt. R.A.,
Private Secretary
(for Clerk of the Executive Council).
Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch)
Wellington, 17th February, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
THOMAS ALFRED SNEYD KYNNERSLEY, Esq.,
to be a Justice of the Peace for the Colony.
W. GISBORNE.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch)
Wellington, 17th February, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
THOMAS ALFRED SNEYD KYNNERSLEY, Esq.,
to be a Resident Magistrate under "The Resident
Magistrates Act, 1867," for the District of Nelson
South-west Goldfields, and as such to exercise the
extended jurisdiction conferred on the Courts of the
said district.
W. GISBORNE.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch)
Wellington, 10th February, 1870.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
JOHN HENRY LOWE, Esq.,
of his appointments as a Resident Magistrate and
Warden.
W. GISBORNE.
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Nelson, by R. LUCAS and SON, Bridge-street,
Nelson, Printers for the time being to the said Government.
Nelson Provincial Gazette 1870, No 6
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Constitution of Wardens' Courts for the Nelson South-west Goldfields
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⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement11 February 1870
Wardens, Goldfields, Administration of justice, Nelson South-west Goldfields
- Charles Eroad (Esquire), Appointed Warden of Courts
- Joseph Giles (Esquire), Appointed Warden of Courts
- Caleb Whitefoord (Esquire), Appointed Warden of Courts
- Henry D. Pitt, Capt. R.A., Private Secretary
- G. F. Bowen, Governor
⚖️ Appointment of Warden for Nelson South-west Goldfields
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement11 February 1870
Warden, Goldfields, Nelson South-west Goldfields
- Thomas Alfred Sneyd Kynnersley (Esquire), Appointed Warden of Courts
- Henry D. Pitt, Capt. R.A., Private Secretary
⚖️ Appointment of Justice of the Peace
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement17 February 1870
Justice of the Peace, Appointment
- Thomas Alfred Sneyd Kynnersley (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- W. Gisborne
⚖️ Appointment of Resident Magistrate
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement17 February 1870
Resident Magistrate, Nelson South-west Goldfields, Jurisdiction
- Thomas Alfred Sneyd Kynnersley (Esquire), Appointed Resident Magistrate
- W. Gisborne
⚖️ Resignation of Resident Magistrate and Warden
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement10 February 1870
Resignation, Resident Magistrate, Warden
- John Henry Lowe (Esquire), Resigned as Resident Magistrate and Warden
- W. Gisborne