The book contains correspondence exchanged between the Provincial Presidency (Presidência da Província) and magistrates (Magistratura) in 1886. It includes: records of the crime of responsibility committed by substitute Municipal Judge of the Souza parish, Luiz Pereira de Sousa Gonsalves, for having appointed law graduate (bacharel) Aprigio Gomes de Sá to the post of General Custodian of Orphans (curador geral de órfãos); appointment of Estanislau Lopes da Silva to the post of Third Substitute for Municipal and Orphans' Judge in the Misericordia parish; appointment of Ernesto Evaristo Monteiro to the post of Orphans' Clerk (Escrivão de Órfãos) in the Pilar parish; prison expenditure budget; request for a certificate regarding the re-election of Municipal and Orphans' Judge to be sent to the State Secretary for Justice Affairs (Secretariat D’Estado dos Negócios da Justiça); request for privates to escort prisoners from jail to their trail; statement for time of service of Judge João Paulo Gomes Matteo; law graduate (bacharel) Anisio Augusto de Carvalho's exoneration from the post of Public Prosecutor in the Borborema parish; among others.
Created by the Provincial Government of Paraíba.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 447 folios, in addition to front and back cover. Manuscript book with original hardcover. Damaged by insects, acid paper, and iron gall ink. There is tape on some folios.
