Agency:
Kentish Lower Courts
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1866
End Date:
31 Dec 1965
Description:
The administration of justice in minor civil and criminal matters in the district of Kentish. The local magistrate/Justices also presided over hearings in the Licensing Court and appeals against Assessment.~;;By 1989 with the establishment of the Magistrates Court of Tasmania, there were only four local courts remaining, Burnie, Devonport, Launceston & Hobart. Some rural areas were serviced by the Local Court on Circuit from one of these four courts.
Information Sources:
Website Department of Justice 2006;;Records Section Department of Justice 2006
Functions Performed:
Justice and legal administration
Controlling Agencies:
| Magistracy and Lower Courts Administration Branch (TA1032) | 01 Jan 1860 | 17 Jul 1989 |
Subsequent Agencies:
| Sheffield Lower Courts (TA1801) | 01 Jul 1965 | 31 Jul 1989 |
Series Created By Agency:
| LC287 Index to Actions. | 01 Jan 1866 |
| LC333 Minutes of Meetings of the Licensing Bench. | 01 Dec 1866 | 31 Dec 1885 |
| LC569 Minutes of Meetings of Justices in General Sessions for Various Purposes. | 01 Jan 1867 | 31 Dec 1886 |
| LC292 Register of Fees and Fines Levied in Court of Petty Sessions. | 01 Mar 1884 | 30 Jun 1950 |
| LC349 Record of Cases Heard before the Commissioner for Goldfields. | 01 Oct 1888 | 30 Jun 1890 |
| LC129 Register of Appeals Heard under the Assessment Act. | 01 Jan 1889 | 31 Dec 1895 |
| LC291 Record of Cases Heard in Petty Sessions. | 01 Jun 1890 | 21 Jun 1965 |
| LC288 Register of the Execution of Bailiff's Warrants. | 01 Mar 1905 | 31 Mar 1911 |
| LC289 Register of Fees Payable in Court of Requests. | 01 Apr 1908 | 30 Jun 1932 |
| AF443 Certificates of Judgment | 17 Apr 1912 | 22 Jul 1966 |
| LC286 Registrar's Record of Actions for Recovery of Money in Minor Courts. | 01 Oct 1914 | 31 Dec 1967 |
| AB854 Register of Cases Heard in the Children's Court. | 26 Jun 1919 | 22 Feb 1968 |
| LC293 Documents in Cases Lord V Kemp, Lord V Packett and Goodwin V Kemp Heard in the Mining Court. | 01 May 1935 | 30 Nov 1935 |
| LC290 Registrar's Cash Book. | 01 Jul 1967 | 31 Mar 1975 |