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Series VPRS 5698
Criminal Court Minute Book
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Date Range: Series ? 1841 - 1852
  Series in Custody 1846 - 1846
  Contents 1846 - 1846
Public Access: Open
Location: North Melbourne
Format of Records: Physical
 
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1841 - 1852 Supreme Court of N.S.W. for the District of Port Phillip VA 914
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1852 - cont Supreme Court of Victoria VA 2549
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  • Function / Content
    From 1841 to 1852 all Victorian Supreme Court cases were handled by the New South Wales Supreme Court, Port Phillip District under the Imperial Act 5 Vict No 9. It provided that the resident judge of the Port Phillip District should have exclusive jurisdiction to deal with civil and criminal cases.

    This series consists of the Minute Book recording proceedings in the criminal jurisdiction of the Court. Details given are the date, the presiding judge, lists of jurors empanelled, the cases heard with the name of the defendant, the charge and the verdict or the sentence given for sessions where sentencing was being carried out. Other information is the imposition of fines for non-attendance for jury duty.

  • Recordkeeping System
    Entries are in chronological order of sittings of the Court.

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P0000 1846 - 1846 Open 1
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