Legal Affairs in the District of Port Phillip - 1842 to 1861, A group of six (6) documents, mainly warrants created by the Deputy Sherrifs (Samuel Rayward, Alistair MacKenzie) in discharging their roles in settling disputes between free settlers. Three are printed forms which have been completed in manuscript, the others are all hand-written. In May 1842 Raymond instructs his Bailiff to 'take John William Thurlow..and him safely keep, so that I may have his body before Her Majesty's Justice in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, for the District of Port Phillip...to satisfy George James of Thirty two pounds seven shillings and ten pence..'. In October 1843 MacKenzie instructs his Bailiff to demand that Kenneth Snodgrass return to John Hook the goods he 'took and unjustly detained'. In December 1861 Claud Farie acknowledges that he holds the sum of one hundred and thirty pounds sterling as a surity from Harriet Verey (widow), Isaac Solomon (Commission agent) and Samuel DeBeer (Merchant) and all have signed or marked the document with an 'X'. A fascinating group, with opportunities for research.