Series VPRS
5698
Criminal Court Minute Book
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Date Range:
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? 1841 - 1852
Series in Custody
1846 - 1846
Contents
1846 - 1846
Public Access:
Open
Location:
North Melbourne
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Physical
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Supreme Court of N.S.W. for the District of Port Phillip
VA 914
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Supreme Court of Victoria
VA 2549
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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.
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Entries are in chronological order of sittings of the Court.
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P0000
1846 - 1846
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