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The Wills of the First Circuit date from 1893 to 1916. They contain will numbers 1 through 615 and total two cubic feet.

The Wills of Other Circuits date from 1852 to 1916. They contain will numbers 1 through 678 and total two cubic feet.

Information provided in wills are names of heirs, financial successors, appointed executor or guardians, and possessions inventory. Included are witness signatures and circuit judge certification proving will to be correct.

Wills admitted to probate may be located within probate case files.

Contains quarterly reports from district magistrates of the Second Circuit filed with the Second Circuit Court clerk. Documents court activities concerning civil and criminal cases for the reporting period. Criminal reports include name, sex, race of the defendant, crime committed, judgment, date of judgment, fines and court costs. Civil reports lists name of the plaintiff, name, sex, race of the defendant, judgment, judgment date, fines, and court costs. Many of the civil cases list sugar plantations as plaintiffs and indentured laborers as defendants. The plaintiffs were suing the defendants for not fulfilling labor contracts. Also contains warrants, correspondence, criminal calendars, and one notary public book. Oaths of district court judges, jury commissioners, and attorneys may also be found.

None of the documents have been translated.

This series consists of two sets of case files, an index, and minute books.

One set of case files covers 1849-1916 containing case numbers 1 through 1761; and another covers 1851-1917 containing A1 through A149. Files for case numbers 533, 1425, 1672, and 1745 were not transferred to the Archives.

In order to divide the estate of a deceased person, probate proceedings were initiated and the division of property and wealth were adjudicated in Circuit Court. Case files generally contain petition for letters of administration; order of notice of petition for administration; affidavit of publication; clerk's minutes; order of administration; inventory of property; petition for allowance of accounts and discharge in deceased estates; executors, administrators, guardians or trustee's accounts; inventory of final settlement; order of notice of petition for allowance of final accounts and discharge in deceased estates; master's report; and order approving accounts and discharge. Case files usually provide death date, place of death, and inventories of personal possessions. Files frequently list the names of surviving family members such as the husband, wife, children, father, mother, brothers or sisters, and other relatives of the deceased.

Adoptions and guardianships were filed with probate cases starting in 1859 when judges were authorized to legalize adoptions.

Probate minute books provide chronological documentation of the probate proceedings held in the judge's chambers. The minute books may contain holographic copies of wills, petitions, inventories, orders, and judgments. Probate minute books, volumes A through J, 1860-1902 have been microfilmed.

Consists of letters regarding court expenses, fines, sentencing, administrative procedures, summons, applications to practice law, appeals from the police and district courts, appeals to the Superior Court and Supreme Court, jury duty excuses, transmittals of court documents, jury lists, court payments and receipts. Also includes miscellaneous items such as Oaths of Loyalty to Republic (1894), Petitions to Practice Law in the District and Police Courts, Court examinations for clerks and lawyers, Court Permission to Marry, Petitions to Impeach District and Police Court judges, and Court Calendar announcements.

Correspondents include district judges, police judges, marshals, sheriffs, practicing attorneys, Supreme Court justices, Superior Court judges, Judiciary Department clerks, island governors, government officials mainly from the Department of Finance, Interior Department, Education Department, Auditor General, and local businessmen.

Approximately 40 percent of the series contains materials in the Hawaiian language. This material is concentrated from 1849 to 1869 and from the 1880's to 1895.

There are gaps in the correspondence for 1908, 1910 and 1911.

Contains cases A1 through A319.

In order to dissolve a marriage contract and obtain a divorce decree, a plaintiff filed for divorce in the circuit courts. Case files generally contain an application for divorce, summons, affidavit of publication of the divorce notice, divorce decree, statements by the husband or wife, and divorce proceedings. Information found in the records includes date of marriage, residence, circumstances and reasons which led to filing for divorce, children involved, and fees paid to the court.

Contains cases A1 through A2035 and A2443 through A2783. Files for cases A38, A114, A1658, A2036 through A2442 were not transferred to the Archives.

A crime or public offense is an act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it. Criminal proceedings were taken in the courts against persons charged with some violation of the criminal law. Criminal offenses include the following: murder, manslaughter, treason, dueling, assault and battery, kidnapping, unlawful imprisonment, child stealing, rape, abortion, polygamy, adultery, fornication, incest, sodomy, burglary, housebreaking, robbery, larceny, violation of postal laws, embezzlement, extortion, receiving stolen goods, arson, gross cheats, malicious injuries, perjury, conspiracy, forgery, counterfeiting of coins, libel, obstructing justice, drunkenness, affray, violating Sabbath, vagrancy, riot, unlawful assembly, gaming, sale of intoxicating drinks, prostitution and cruelty to animals.

Case files generally contain arrest warrants, criminal complaints, specifications of the charges against the defendant, writs, indictments, subpoenas, depositions, coroners' reports, physician's reports, bill of costs, arraignment documents, jury selection proceedings, defendant's pleadings, clerk's minutes, trial proceedings, instructions for the defendant, instructions to the jury, judgements and mittimus. Case files contain information about the crimes committed, defendant’s pleadings, verdict of the jury, and sentencing by judge. May contain personal information about the defendant such as place of residence and occupation. Appeals from the district or police court contain the lower court records relating to the case.

Contains cases A1 through A1204.

In order to adjudicate property claims and to seek monetary compensation in disputes, a plaintiff filed a civil case in circuit court. Case files generally contain petitions, proceedings, receipts, plaintiff statements, summons, defendant brief, evidence, bill of court and attorney costs, decisions, judgments and appeals. If a case involved property claims, the file may contain information on land titles and family history of plaintiffs and defendants. Appeals from the district or police court contain the lower court records relating to the case.

Contains minutes of adoptions, appeals, bankruptcy, civil, criminal, divorce, equity, and law proceedings. Minute book entries contain court date, defendant and plaintiff names, names of attorneys representing the defendant and plaintiff, court proceedings, judgments, sentencing in criminal cases, and appeals. Civil cases were filed in circuit court to adjudicate property claims and to seek monetary compensation in disputes. Criminal proceedings were taken in the courts against persons charged with a violation of the criminal laws. Divorce minute books contain divorce, separation and permission to marry again proceedings.

None have been translated.