Agency:
Spring Bay Lower Courts
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1830
End Date:
17 Jul 1989
Description:
The administration of justice in minor civil and criminal matters in the district of Spring Bay. The local magistrate/Justices also presided over cases in the Licensing 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:
LC449 Applications for Licences to Sell Liquor. | 01 Jan 1828 | 31 Dec 1855 |
LC450 Publicans Recognizances. | 01 Jan 1833 | 31 Dec 1848 |
LC448 Minutes of Meetings of Justices to Consider Applications for Public House Licences. | 01 Sep 1841 | 06 Nov 1952 |
LC494 Conviction of Bernard Bennett for Breach of Licensing Act. | 01 Jun 1846 | 01 Jun 1846 |
LC588 Record of Cases Heard in Petty Sessions. | 03 Jan 1855 | 30 Apr 1980 |
LC15 Court of General Sessions Summons Book. | 01 Apr 1857 | 01 Feb 1896 |
LC16 Register of the Execution of Bailiff's Warrants. | 01 Nov 1857 | 30 Nov 1892 |
LC492 Registrar's Record of Actions for Recovery of Money in Minor Courts. | 01 Jul 1883 | 31 Oct 1896 |
LC493 Registrar's Cash Book. | 01 Jun 1918 | 30 Jun 1944 |
LC597 Register of Fees and Fines Levied in Court of Petty Sessions. | 01 Jan 1941 | 31 Dec 1980 |