Agency:
Oatlands Lower Courts
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1825
End Date:
17 Jul 1989
Description:
The administration of justice in minor civil and criminal matters in the district of Oatlands. The local magistrate/Justices also presided over cases in the Children and Licensing Courts.;;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.;;Administrative responsibility for Oatlands Lower Court is held by Launceston Lower Court.
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:
Launceston Magistrates Court (Also Known As Launceston Lower Court) (TA1061) | 01 Jan 1824 |
Series Created By Agency:
LC219 Alphabetical Register of Persons tried at Quarter Sessions. | 01 May 1825 | 30 Sep 1839 |
LC221 Index to Persons tried at Quarter Sessions (All Centres). | 01 May 1830 | 30 Nov 1833 |
AB256 Record of Proceedings in the Court of General and Quarter Sessions. | 01 Oct 1835 | 31 May 1874 |
LC218 Record of Proceedings in Quarter Sessions Held at Hobart, New Norfolk, Richmond and Oatlands. | 01 Jan 1841 | 30 Nov 1857 |
LC383 Registrar's Record of Actions for Recovery of Money in Minor Courts. | 01 Apr 1843 | 30 Nov 1936 |
LC390 Record of Cases Heard in Petty Sessions. | 01 Dec 1843 | 30 Jun 1981 |
AC854 Applications for Hotel Licences. | 01 Sep 1848 | 01 Sep 1848 |
LC220 Register of Persons tried at Quarter Sessions (All Centres). | 01 Aug 1850 | 30 Nov 1857 |
LC393 Correspondence of the Council Clerk As Clerk of the Licensing Court. | 01 Aug 1896 | 30 Nov 1948 |
LC392 Summons Book. | 01 Jun 1899 | 30 Apr 1926 |
LC385 Register of the Execution of Bailiff's Warrants. | 01 Jul 1901 | 31 Oct 1930 |
LC387 Register of Fees Payable in Courts of General Sessions and Requests. | 01 Jan 1908 | 01 Mar 1940 |
AB257 Register of Cases Heard in the Court of Requests and General Sessions. | 01 Jan 1910 | 31 Dec 1974 |
LC386 Register of the Service of Bailiff's Summonses. | 01 Feb 1911 | 31 Mar 1934 |
AB255 Minutes of Meetings of Justices for Various Purposes. | 01 Jan 1912 | 31 Dec 1976 |
LC382 General Correspondence of the Council Clerk As Registrar of the Courts of General Sessions and Requests. | 01 Mar 1915 | 30 Sep 1938 |
LC389 General Correspondence of the Council Clerk As Clerk of Petty Sessions. | 01 Aug 1916 | 30 Jun 1946 |
LC394 Register of Applications for Licences to Sell Liquor. | 01 Jan 1918 | 31 Dec 1929 |
LC388 Registrar's Cash Book. | 01 Jun 1918 | 31 Mar 1974 |
LC384 Rough Diary of Proceedings under the Debtors Act. | 01 Jan 1923 | 31 Mar 1937 |
LC391 Record of Cases Heard in Childrens Court. | 01 Jan 1934 | 30 Apr 1976 |
LC595 Register of Fees and Fines Levied in Court of Petty Sessions. | 01 Jul 1943 | 31 Aug 1980 |
AF272 Record of Proceedings (Complaints) in the Court of Petty Sessions | 25 Mar 1946 | 02 Aug 1979 |