Guide to Magistrates and Justices of the Peace.

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Object Description

Object Name

Book

Object ID

1984.123.001

Title

Guide to Magistrates and Justices of the Peace.

Date

[Between 1905 and 1962].

Description

A brown hardcover book titled "Guide to Magistrates and Justices of the Peace." The cover and back are plain brown and there is gold text on the spine. The book is by James Crankshaw, BCL and it was published by C. Theoret, law book publisher, Montreal in 1905. The inside cover page is filled with a hand written index of pages and topics which carry over to the title page. On the back cover is a stamp reading "From Western Specialty Limited. This seal on your goods denotes quality. Vancouver. Canada."

People/Subject

Mulligan, Maurice

Maurice Mulligan was raised in Langley, where he later became a lawyer. He was Langley City Council's first local magistrate in 1955.

Payne, Archie

Richmond Archibald Payne (Archie) was born in 1881. He was appointed collector in 1910 and became a municipal clerk in 1911, serving until retirement in 1945. He also served as Magistrate from 1946-1957. He served in the army and was granted leave from his municipal career during the war years. In 1914, prior to WWI, Archie Payne was one of a group of military minded horsemen in Langley who organized training sessions in order to prepare for the rumoured war. While in France during WWI, it was Archie Payne and Langley's Dr. Benjamin Butler Marr who decided that if they ever returned to Langley they would have the streets named after their fallen comrades. They both returned to carry out this project. Archie Payne died on October 15, 1957, at the age of 75.
Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-432/1188)

Poppy, David William, Sr.

David William Poppy, Sr. was born in Norfolk, England in 1861. He came to Canada in 1883 to work on a survey gang for the CPR, and lived in Vancouver for a time. In 1886 the fire that destroyed Vancouver ruined everything that Poppy owned, so he moved to a 160-acre property in Langley that year. He married Sarah Jane Best (1873-October 14, 1960) in 1905. Poppy was involved in politics, and was the first president of the Fort Langley and District Board of Trade in 1910. He was the Reeve of the Township of Langley from 1908 - 1913 and from 1919 - 1932. He was also a school trustee and worked as a police commissioner for a time. He attended St. Alban's Anglican Church. He apparently became disillusioned by economic conditions and retired from his political life in November 1932. Poppy died September 26, 1957.

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