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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Mss Eur D888

1. Mss Eur D888

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Mss Eur D888
Title:
Papers of Sir Edward West, Recorder and Chief Justice of Bombay 1823-28, and Lady West
Scope & Content:
Papers of Sir Edward West (1782-1828), Recorder and Chief Justice of Bombay 1823-28, comprising correspondence and papers relating to his controversial judicial career in Bombay includ- ing his dispute with the Governor, Mountstuart Elphinstone; also diary of his wife Lucretia (d 1828), containin...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1822-1828
Extent:
12 items

2. Mss Eur D888/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D888/1
Title:
Scope & Content:
Diary of Lady West.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1822-1828
Extent:
Unspecified

3. Mss Eur D888/2

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Mss Eur D888/2
Title:
Scope & Content:
Account-book of Lady West.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1823-1828
Extent:
Unspecified

4. Mss Eur D888/3

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Mss Eur D888/3
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Scope & Content:
Copy of proceedings in the Court of the Recorder of Bombay in the case of William Erskine, an officer of the court, with judgement against him by West for misconduct in his office. Also copy of an anonymous justification of Erskine containing details of the case.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1823
Extent:
Unspecified

5. Mss Eur D888/4

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Mss Eur D888/4
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Scope & Content:
Letter-book containing copy of a memorial, with annexed documents, from George Norton, Advocate General at Bombay, to the Governor in Council, complaining of the maladministration of justice in the Court of the Recorder of Bombay. [Critically annotated and underlined by West.]
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1823
Extent:
Unspecified

6. Mss Eur D888/5

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Mss Eur D888/5
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Scope & Content:
Copies of correspondence between West and the Governor of Bombay in Council, and of West's own observations on the correspondence, about a complaint made by Mr. Warden, proprietor of the Bombay Gazette and the Bombay Courier, to the Court of Directors of the East India Company about West.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1826
Extent:
Unspecified

7. Mss Eur D888/6

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Mss Eur D888/6
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Scope & Content:
Copy of a complaint by Mr. Warden against West circulated during a session of the King's Court at Bombay, with West's comments on it.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1826
Extent:
Unspecified

8. Mss Eur D888/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D888/7
Title:
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between West and Mountstuart Elphinstone, Governor of Bombay 1819-27, about a challenge to a duel supposedly issued by Elphinstone to West.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1826
Extent:
Unspecified

9. Mss Eur D888/8

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Mss Eur D888/8
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Scope & Content:
Copy of a petition to Sir John Malcolm, Governor of Bombay 1827-30, from native merchants and inhabitants of Bombay, complaining of the incidence of violent crime and poor standard of policing in the city, with correspondence about the matter between Malcolm and West.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1828
Extent:
Unspecified

10. Mss Eur D888/9

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Mss Eur D888/9
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Scope & Content:
Copy of jury rules established by Sir Charles Grey, Chief Justice of Bengal.
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1826
Extent:
Unspecified