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Contains cases 1 through 889 and one minute book. Files for cases 11-12, 19-20, 31, 39, 57-58, 64, 68, 79-80, 85, 124-127, 132, 135-136, 140, 142, 151, 154, 155, 157, 160-163, 166-167, 170-171, 174-175, 179, 181-182, 186, 190, 194, 206-207, 216-217, 243, 247, 256-257, 259-261, 264, 270, 287, 290, 305, 319, 322-323, 352, 354, 357-358, 369, 437-438, 445-446, 465-466, 487, 490, 493, 507, 511, 575, 587, 602, 666, 680, 682, 700, 702-703, 729, 739-740, 757, 764-765, 795, 810-812, 824, 840, 856, 860, and 866 were not transferred to the Archives.

Intermediary records are appeals from the District and Police Courts of the First Circuit. Case files generally contain plaintiff’s briefs, complaints, summons, subpoenas, depositions, certificates of appeal, amendments to declaration, motions for hearing, notices to set case for hearing, bills of court costs, stipulations, judgments, decisions, notices of appeal to the Supreme Court, evidence, and clerk's minutes. Evidence contains supporting documents such as agreements, contracts, financial receipts, land leases, inventories of real property, and inventories of personal property. Appeals from the district or police court contain the lower court records relating to the case. The minute book contains court clerk entries documenting actions of the judge in the appeals cases.

Cases heard before the intermediary court are civil and criminal appeals from District and Police Courts relating to adultery, assault and battery, assumpsit, breaches of contracts, claims to recover financial losses from theft, claims to recover possession of land, claims to recover possession of personal property, claims to recover rent due, larceny, replevin, and trover. If a case involved property claims, the file may contain information on land titles and family history of plaintiffs and defendants. Occasional cases relating to fishing rights and water rights can be found.

None of the documents have been translated.