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Thanks Bruce, you always have good tips!

I have the action against Giovanni selling booze without a license from the court records at NAS, I am looking more for the actual solicitor file on Giovanni, I don't know whether I'd even be allowed to get hold of it if I found out where it was kept.  I will do as you suggest and ask the Perth Archives, perhaps they will know whether it's about anywhere, I'm sure it would be interesting reading!

Giovanni's son Luigi COSTADASI is mentioned in the British Newspaper Archives online a few times as going to Perth Sheriff's Court for stealing, but his name doesn't pop up in the NAS archives as his father does, would it be because he was only a young boy, 12 and under?  I have emailed the NAS a week or so ago but they usually take some time to reply so I haven't heard back just yet.

OchAye

Hi All,

My Great Grandfather Giovanni COSTADASI seems to have used the same Perth Lawyer for all his dealings - John A. Stewart of MacGregor & Stewart.  I have found his name connected with various court appearances for the family, and the family story is that Giovanni wound up being a drunk and going bankrupt, also there is a mysterious surname change to LEONARDI, so I was hoping the lawyer's documents could shed some light on these things.

I don't even know whether you're allowed to ever see these documents or whether there's a 100 year limit or something, but does anyone know how I could find out?  I have tried googling the firm's name and nothing comes up.  I hired a Scottish Genealogist to look in to Giovanni's dodgy past but there's a lot that she didn't find that RootsChatters have pointed me to on the internet so I thought I'd ask.

Any suggestions appreciated!

Thanks,
OchAye

Hi Hugh!

I am a New Zealand granddaughter of David Sinclair McLean, born in 1911 in The Square - your Dad's brother.

I have quite a bit of info on the family, and one of the other Grandchildren is traveling to Clackmannan in July to find more.

You can email me on (*) and let's swap information!

Renata

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Hi All,

Luigi COSTADASI

Hoping someone can help me, I found this morning an article in the Evening Telegraph from Nov 1899 where the Judge sends my Great Grandfather (age 12) to prison for five days and then to Reformatory for three years.

When I look up the name in the National Archives online catalogue, there is nothing there for his name.  (His father is there for selling booze out of his ice-cream shop though!)  Maybe the Court records for young people were secret, like they are now?  I am in New Zealand and have ordered records on DVD from the NAS before, no problem, but I don't know how to find these court records.

I'd like to find out which Reformatory he was sent to so I can try for the records there.  Ideally I would be able to find the court records so that I could find out what prison as well.

Any suggestions appreciated,

Thanks very much, OchAye.

Thanks so much Janette!!

That's great