Agency:
Strahan Lower Courts
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1888
End Date:
17 Jul 1989
Description:
The administration of justice in minor civil and criminal matters in the district of Strahan. 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:
LC497 Register of the Execution of Bailiff's Warrants. | 01 Jun 1888 | 31 Dec 1929 |
LC502 Register of Fees and Fines Levied in the Court of Petty Sessions. | 01 Jun 1888 | 31 Dec 1953 |
LC639 Registrar's Record of the Issue of Plaints. | 01 Jan 1889 | 31 Dec 1967 |
LC498 Register of the Issue of Garnishee Orders. | 01 Sep 1901 | 31 Jul 1917 |
LC496 Registrar's Record of Actions for the Recovery of Money in Minor Courts. | 01 Oct 1901 | 31 Dec 1973 |
LC500 Record of Cases Heard in Petty Sessions. | 01 Dec 1906 | 31 Dec 1970 |
LC503 Minutes of Meetings of the Licensing Court. | 01 Dec 1906 | 30 Nov 1924 |
LC499 Registrar's Cash Book. | 01 Jan 1933 | 31 Dec 1939 |
LC495 Correspondence of the Council Clerk As Clerk of the Court of Requests and Petty Sessions. | 01 Mar 1940 | 30 Nov 1956 |