Agency:
Ross Lower Courts
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1835
End Date:
17 Jul 1989
Description:
The administration of justice in minor civil and criminal matters in the district of Ross. The local magistrate/Justice also presided over cases in the Childrens Court.~;;;;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:
LC468 Record of the Sentence of Mary Sutherland. | 27 Feb 1835 | 27 Feb 1835 |
LC464 Registrar's Record of Actions for the Recovery of Money in Minor Courts. | 01 Apr 1863 | 30 Nov 1885 |
LC465 Register of the Execution of Bailiff's Warrants. | 01 Oct 1869 | 30 Apr 1886 |
LC467 Record of Cases Heard in Petty Sessions. | 01 Nov 1883 | 28 Feb 1979 |
AE181 Plaints Book | 01 Jan 1889 | 31 Dec 1979 |
LC463 Minutes of Meetings of Justices in their Various Capacities. | 01 Nov 1893 | 30 Nov 1928 |
AE182 Summons Book | 01 Jan 1916 | 31 Dec 1978 |
LC21 Certificates of Exemption from Military Service under the War Service Regulations 1916. | 01 Oct 1916 | 31 Oct 1916 |
LC466 Registrar's Cash Book. | 01 Jun 1918 | 30 Jun 1952 |
LC469 Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court. | 01 Dec 1919 | 31 Aug 1936 |