How would I find old Perth Lawyer records?

[OchAyeTheNoo]

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

[bleckie]

Hi

Perhaps in the nationals archives of scotland.    http://www.nas.gov.uk/



In Perth Archives

  http://archivecatalogue.pkc.gov.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=PE51%2fBundle544&pos=1

Memorials, records, precognitions, copy correspondence and other papers relating to the site of Perth manure depot; an action against Giovanni Costadasi, ice cream maker for selling excisable liquor without a licence; and other miscellaneous matters. Includes:

Ordnance Survey, Sheet XCVIII.5 [Coloured]; 1880. [See PKP 4330]

Booklet “The Sanitary Aspect of the Sewage Question” by James Adams, MD, Glasgow; 1868.

List of feuars under the town of Perth in Tibbermore parish; 1884.
Copying  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements, copyright and data protection restrictions. Charges are made for this service. Applications should be made to Archive staff.

Yours Aye
BruceL

[OchAyeTheNoo]

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