'Various Papers, East Africa (1)', 1934-1956
folder
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- (fols. 1-4) notes of case heard in Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa at Kampala, and List of Appeals for judgements on 21 Mar, 1934
- (fols. 5-6) outline of a course of instruction in law, procedure, etc., for administrative officers, signed by Wilson, 1 Aug 1935
- (fols. 7-14) pamphlet by Alexander B. Andrews entitled Per Capita Cost of Courts, 6 Feb 1939
- (fols. 15-16) memorandum in Wilson's hand on an appeal from the decision of the Court of the Liwali of Mwanza, 29 Apr 1939
- (fols. 17-26) memorandum by Wilson to the Chief Justice on travelling allowances for judge on circuit (two copies), 14 Jun 1939
- (fols. 27-29) memorandum by Wilson to the Registrar about correspondence with the Attorney General and the Chief Justice, 6 Jul 1939
- (fols. 30-32) further memorandum by Wilson to Chief Justice on travelling allowance, 6 Jul 1939
- (fols. 33-42) memorandum by Wilson to Chief Justice on the supervision of inquest proceedings (two copies), 24 Jul 1939
- (fols. 43-48) review by Wilson for Tanganyika Notes and Records of Sir Donald Cameron's book My Tanganyika Service and some Nigeria, n.d.
- (fols. 49-51) Government Circulars on the release of officers for combatant duties outside the Territory, and overseas leave, Sep and Dec 1939
- (fols. 52-73) report by Alexander Paterson, MC, on a visit to the prisons of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika (Tanzania), Zanzibar, Aden, and Somaliland, 1939
- (fols. 74-75) letter from Henry Webb (in Kampala) to Wilson about appeal cases pending, 25 Apr 1940
- (fols. 76-83) notes and memoranda by Wilson about administrative details, Apr 1940
- (fols. 84-86) letters between Wilson and A.V. Hartnoll, Provincial Commissioner, Southern Province, Lindi, about a junior magistrate's reaction to criticism, May-Jun 1941
- (fols. 87-104) confidential memorandum by the Secretary for Native Affairs on the 'Definition of Native, and Position to be assigned to Half-castes', n.d.
- (fols. 105-115) correspondence between Wilson, the Registrar and the Acting Governor, Dar es Salaam, about the increase in allowances for officers travelling on duty outside the Territory, 5 Aug-20 Oct 1941
- (fols. 116-124) papers connected with the Irish Society's War Fund, 1941
- (fols. 125-127) draft in Wilson's hand of a memorandum, 'Confessions to Police Officers', 29 Mar 1942
- (fols. 128-156) correspondence about house allocation, between the Wartime Accommodation Committee, Dar es Salaam (H.R.F. Butterfield, Secretary), and Wilson, Henry Webb, W.E. Jackson, W.J. Lockhart-Smith, W.F. Page, and others, Sep-Dec 1942, Feb-Mar 1943
- (fols. 157-158) letter from the Chief Justice's Chambers, Nairobi (signature illegible), to Wilson telling him that the Governor wishes him to act as Chairman of a Commission of Enquiry, 3 Apr 1943
- (fols. 159-166) judgement by N.H.P. Whitley and G. Graham Paul in a case of appeal against a conviction for murder heard at Mombasa, 30 Aug 1946
- (fols. 167-169) memorandum from Wilson to the Chief Justice commenting on him Minute asking Circuit Judges to report on the condition of Court buildings, etc., 24 Mar 1947
- (fols. 170-175) Tanganyika Notes and Records: Minutes of a meeting of the Editorial Committee, and Memorandum on the fusion of 'T.N. and R.' with the King George V Memorial Museum, Feb 1947
- (fols. 176-178) newspaper cutting, headed 'Lari Massacre Convictions', and correspondence about refusal of leave to appeal from a judgement of the Court of Appeal, East Africa, 2 Feb-12 Mar 1954
- (fols. 179-185) judgement by Wilson in the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast (Ghana), held at Accra, in a case of Land Appeal, 31 Mar 1954
- (fol. 186) cutting from The Times Law Report: Appeal case, 29 Feb 1956
- (fols. 187-189) miscellaneous notes in Wilson's hand, n.d.
Dates
- Creation: 1934-1956
Extent
189 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Afr. s. 592/8, folder 1
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk