Contains cases 1 through 190. File for case 166 was not transferred to the Archives. Case file jackets provide the case number, names of the plaintiff(s) and defendant(s), subject of the case, date, and cite the minute book volume and page numbers of the court proceedings.
Special proceedings cases were heard before a circuit court judge in chambers. Case files generally contain appeals, bills, complaints, court costs, defendant's response to complaint, depositions, judgments, minutes, petitions, receipts, subpoenas, summons, warrants, and writs. Special proceedings cases concern civil matters such as arbitrations, attorney malpractices, claims for road damages, contempts of court, disputes over labor contracts, impeachments of district court judges, insanity commitments, licenses to practice law, and police malfeasance. Labor contract disputes constitute the bulk of the case files. Nineteenth century contract disputes between indentured agricultural workers and plantations are documented in the case files. Appeals from the district or police court contain the lower court records relating to the case.
Records in this series dated before 1892 may be identified as Fourth Circuit Court documents. Kauai and Niihau were designated as the Fourth Circuit prior to 1892.
None of the documents have been translated.