✨ Legal and Government Notices
In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
Otago and Southland District.
In the matter of the Petition of William Cotterill,
of Dunedin, Chemist and Druggist; and in the
matter of the Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862.
NOTICE is hereby given that His Honor Mr.
Justice Richmond, has appointed Friday, the
22nd day of December, 1865, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon, at the Court House, Dunedin, for the hearing
of the Petition of the above-named Debtor.
Dated this 10th day of November, 1865.
HOWORTH, BARTON AND HOWORTH,
Solicitors for the Petitioner above-named.
8s.
In the matter of the Petition of Peter Sherwin,
Senr., of Dunedin, Coach-builder, and in the
matter of the "Debtors and Creditors Act, 1862."
NOTICE is given that the Judge has appointed
Friday, the 22nd day of December, for the hearing of the said Petition.
Dated this 14th day of November, 1865.
PETER SHERWIN, Senr.,
Petitioner.
6s.
(From the New Zealand Gazette, No. 43, Nov. 6, 1865.)
Resident Magistrate Appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 25th October, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Henry Aldborough Stratford, Esq., J.P.,
of Dunstan, in the Province of Otago, to be a Resident Magistrate.
E. W. STAFFORD.
Justices of the Peace Appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th October, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
Bothwick Robert Bird, of Mount Ida,
James Charles Thompson, of Alexandra,
and
John McKay, of Waitahuna,
in the Province of Otago, Esquires, to be Justices of
the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.
E. W. STAFFORD.
Registration Officers Appointed.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th November, 1865.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
the following gentlemen to be Registration Officers for the districts set opposite their names,
as constituted by "The Representation Act, 1865:"
- John Gillies, City of Dunedin, Roslyn, Caversham, Port Chalmers.
- John Dewe, Taieri, Bruce, Clutha, Oamaru, Waikouaiti, Manuberikia, Hampden, Gold Field Towns.
E. W. STAFFORD.
Certificate of Execution of W. A. Jarvey.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st October, 1865.
THE following Certificate and Declaration are
published in conformity with the provisions of
"The Execution of Criminals Act, 1858."
E. W. STAFFORD.
I, Edward Hulme, the medical officer in attendance
at the Execution of William Andrew Jarvey, at the
Gaol of Dunedin, do hereby certify and declare that I
have this day witnessed the Execution of the said
William Andrew Jarvey at this Gaol; and I
do further certify and declare that the said
William Andrew Jarvey was, in pursuance of the
sentence of the Supreme Court, hanged by the neck
until his body was dead.
Given under my hand this twenty-fourth day
of October, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-five, at the Gaol of
Dunedin.
EDWARD HULME, M.D.
We do hereby certify and declare that we have
this day been present when the extreme penalty of
the law was carried into execution on the body of
William Andrew Jarvey, convicted at the Criminal
Session of the Supreme Court, held at Dunedin on
the eleventh and subsequent days of September,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, and sentenced
to death, and that the said William Andrew Jarvey
was, in pursuance of the said sentence, hanged by the
neck until his body was dead.
Dated this twenty-fourth day of October, in
the year one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-five, at the Gaol of Dunedin.
- R. H. FORMAN, Sheriff.
- J. STODDART, Gaoler.
- JAMES CALDWELL, Chief Warder.
- ROBT. CHAPMAN, J.P.
- JOHN HUGHES.
- WILLIAM G. FOX.
- FREDK. MALLARD.
- ST. JOHN BRANIGAN, J.P.
- JABEZ HOLMAN.
- JULIUS HYMAN.
- JOSEPH R. MILLS.
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⚖️ Petition Hearing for William Cotterill
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement10 November 1865
Petition, Debtors and Creditors Act, Dunedin, Chemist and Druggist
- William Cotterill, Petitioner for hearing
- Howorth, Barton and Howorth, Solicitors for the Petitioner
⚖️ Petition Hearing for Peter Sherwin
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement14 November 1865
Petition, Debtors and Creditors Act, Dunedin, Coach-builder
- Peter Sherwin (Senior), Petitioner for hearing
- Peter Sherwin, Senr., Petitioner
⚖️ Appointment of Resident Magistrate
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement25 October 1865
Resident Magistrate, Dunstan, Otago
- Henry Aldborough Stratford (Esquire, J.P.), Appointed Resident Magistrate
- E. W. Stafford
⚖️ Appointment of Justices of the Peace
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement26 October 1865
Justices of the Peace, Otago
- Bothwick Robert Bird (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- James Charles Thompson (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- John McKay (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
- E. W. Stafford
🏛️ Appointment of Registration Officers
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration4 November 1865
Registration Officers, Representation Act, Dunedin, Taieri, Bruce, Clutha, Oamaru, Waikouaiti, Manuberikia, Hampden, Gold Field Towns
- John Gillies, Appointed Registration Officer
- John Dewe, Appointed Registration Officer
- E. W. Stafford
⚖️ Certificate of Execution of William Andrew Jarvey
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement31 October 1865
Execution, Criminals Act, Dunedin, Supreme Court
13 names identified
- William Andrew Jarvey, Executed
- Edward Hulme (M.D.), Medical officer in attendance
- R. H. Forman (Sheriff), Witness to execution
- J. Stoddart (Gaoler), Witness to execution
- James Caldwell (Chief Warder), Witness to execution
- Robert Chapman (J.P.), Witness to execution
- John Hughes, Witness to execution
- William G. Fox, Witness to execution
- Frederick Mallard, Witness to execution
- St. John Branigan (J.P.), Witness to execution
- Jabez Holman, Witness to execution
- Julius Hyman, Witness to execution
- Joseph R. Mills, Witness to execution
- E. W. Stafford
Otago Provincial Gazette 1865, No 393