Agency:
Kingborough Lower Courts
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1852
End Date:
17 Jul 1989
Description:
The administration of justice in minor civil and criminal matters in the district of Kingborough. The local magistrate/Justices also presided over hearings in the Licensing Court and heard 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 |
Series Created By Agency:
| LC304 Record of Cases Heard in Petty Sessions. | 01 Mar 1852 | 30 Jun 1968 |
| LC307 Register of Fees and Fines Imposed in Court of Petty Sessions, including Maintenance Payments. | 01 Jan 1855 | 30 Nov 1947 |
| LC308 Minutes of Meetings of Justices in General Quarter and Special Petty Sessions for Various Purposes. | 01 Jan 1857 | 31 Dec 1907 |
| AD838 Letter to Police Magistrate | 11 Apr 1857 | 11 Apr 1857 |
| LC309 Minutes of Meetings of the Licensing Bench. | 01 Dec 1857 | 31 Dec 1914 |
| LC296 Registrar's Record of Actions for Recovery of Money in Minor Courts. | 01 May 1867 | 31 Jan 1953 |
| LC297 Register of the Execution of Bailiff's Warrants. | 01 Jan 1868 | 30 Sep 1958 |
| LC301 Registrar's Ledger. | 01 Apr 1868 | 30 Nov 1914 |
| LC295 Notes of Proceedings in the Court of Requests. | 01 Jul 1868 | 31 Mar 1892 |
| LC294 Letterbook of the Bailiff of the Court of Requests. | 02 Sep 1868 | 31 Dec 1892 |
| LC298 Register of Writs issued. | 01 Feb 1869 | 31 May 1953 |
| LC306 Register of Issue of Summonses to Appear in Court of Petty Sessions. | 01 Jan 1872 | 31 May 1908 |
| LC311 Register of Appeals under the Assessment Act 1887. | 01 Apr 1889 | 31 May 1925 |
| LC303 Register of Fees Payable in the Court of Requests. | 01 Apr 1908 | 30 Nov 1953 |
| AE955 Applications Considered by the Licensing Bench | 27 Oct 1913 | 27 Oct 1913 |
| LC300 Register of the Issue of Judgement Summonses. | 01 Apr 1915 | 31 May 1953 |
| LC310 Register of Applications for Hotel Licences. | 01 Jan 1918 | 30 Nov 1952 |
| LC302 Registrar's Cash Book. | 01 Jul 1918 | 30 Sep 1953 |
| LC305 Register of Convictions Imposed at Kingston Court of Petty Sessions. | 01 Apr 1933 | 31 May 1958 |
| LC299 Register of the Issue of Bailiff's Summonses. | 01 Apr 1936 | 30 Nov 1945 |