NOTEBOOK, ARCHIBALD PAULL BURT, SUPREME COURT CIVIL SITTINGS, 1864-1867

Notebook 3 of group of 13 containing Chief Justice Burt's handwritten notes during Supreme Court Civil trials.
Red cardboard cover with light brown spine. White paper label stuck on front cover with handwritten title ‘Note Book, No. 3. Supreme Court-Civil Sittings. 2nd November 1864 – 10th April 1867.’
Title also written in black ink across top of front cover.
Writing on spine in black ‘CIVIL CASES No 2’.
Blue/grey endpapers. Blue/grey lined pages filled with Chief Justice Archibald Paull Burt's notes, handwritten in black ink.
Index of case names final page and alphabetical index of cases back endpaper, both handwritten in black ink.
136 pages hand numbered in red ink.

Index of case names and index of cases in alphabetical order on last page and back endpaper, handwritten in black ink. 136 pages hand numbered in black ink. Maker’s label inside front cover, top left corner.

Two loose foolscape-size pages, with handwriting filling both sides, were found folded together within the pages of this notebook. These papers were found at page 85, they seem contemporary with the notebook, the handwriting matching that of Justice Archibald Burt it is unconfirmed whether these pages were placed here by Archibald Paull Burt or one of his relatives posthumously. Both pages are unsigned; the text is providing opinions on matters associated with libel, using precedents to reinforce statements of position.

(1) First loose page: Heading, 'Libel'. Text begins with a definition of libel and follows with discussion on the actions a defendant might consider.

(2) Second loose page: Heading, 'Justification, Plea of Damages' Text discusses the enhancement of damages in the case of libel.