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Agency:
Supreme Court and Sheriff's Office
Agency Number:
TA40
Start Date:
01 Jan 1924
End Date:
17 Jul 1989
Description:
General administration of the Supreme Court of Tasmania; filing and recording of Court documents etc., administration of the jury system, enforcement of Court judgements. As part of a general re-organisation of the Tasmanian State Service the Department became a branch of the Law Department to create the Department of Justice.
Legislation Administered:
Acts Custody Act 1858, Administration and Probate Act 1935, Admission to Courts Act 1916, Appeal Costs Fund Act 1968, Civil Process Acts 1839 and 1870, Jury Act 1899, Married Women's Property Act 1935, Presumption of Survivorship Act 1921, Sheriff Act 1873, Supreme Court Acts 1856, 1887 and 1959, Supreme Court Civil Procedure Act 1932, Trustee Act 1898, Wages Attachment Act 1900, Wills Acts 1840, 1852 and 1918, Wills (Formal Validity) Act 1964.
Legislation Creating:
Administrative arrangement (see Gazette 15 Apr 1924)
Functions Performed:
Justice and legal administration
Controlled Agencies:
Probate Registry (TA1574)10 May 1824

Companies Office (TA41)01 Jan 187026 Mar 1979
Controlling Agencies:
Department of Justice (1) (TA921)17 Jul 198918 Sep 1998

Department of Justice and Industrial Relations (TA1535)18 Sep 199801 Feb 2004
Previous Agencies:
Sheriff's Office (TA36)01 Jan 182431 Dec 1924

Supreme Court (Registrar's Office) (TA42)01 Jan 182431 Dec 1924
Subsequent Agencies:
Supreme Court of Tasmania (TA1615)17 Jul 1989
Series Created By Agency:
SC177 Registers of Fieri Facias, Capias Ad Respondendum, Capias Ad Satisfactionem.19 Mar 181911 Feb 1947

SC199 Documents enrolled01 Jan 182631 Dec 1944

SC402 Registers of Writs of Attachment.01 Jan 182831 Dec 1936

SC553 Rules and Orders issued in Civil Cases.01 Nov 183131 Mar 1934

SC171 Writs of Dedimus Potestatum Administering Oaths of Allegiance to Justices of the Peace.07 Mar 183217 Jan 2002

SC182 Bailiffs' Registers of Process Executed.01 Jan 183331 Jan 1948

AE763 Documents in Cases of Miscellaneous Jurisdiction (Continuous Number)01 Jan 183431 Dec 1968

SC309 Register of Applications for the Issue of Titles to Grants.01 Mar 183631 Dec 1926

SC14 Sheriff's Correspondence.29 Jun 184631 Dec 1935

SC490 Launceston District Registry - Register of Writs of Fieri Facias01 Jan 185004 Aug 1993

SC304 Applications in Land Jurisdiction under the Claims to Grants of Land Act 22 Vic No 10 Where the Application Was Withdrawn or No Report Made.01 Jan 185831 Dec 1925

SC305 Applications in Land Jurisdiction under the Claims to Grants of Land Act, for Which Reports (1-219) were Made under 22 Vic No. 1001 Dec 185831 Dec 1925

SC51 Register of Cases in "Miscellaneous Jurisdiction".01 Jan 185931 Dec 1940

AD787 Indexed Newspaper Reports of Supreme Court Cases01 Jan 186030 Nov 1930

SC96 Documents in Cases on Appeal to the Full Court.01 Jan 186231 Dec 1959

SC84 Documents in Cases in Bankruptcy01 Jan 187031 Dec 1928

SC443 Registers of the Issue of Writs of Assistance.01 Jan 187931 Dec 1932

AF643 Launceston District Registry - Bankruptcy Minute Books02 Nov 188515 Aug 1928

SC172 Miscellaneous Writs of Attachment, Distringuas, Assistance, Certiorari, Mandamus, Prohibition, Capias Ad Satisfacionem, and associated Documents.01 Jan 188631 Dec 1926

AD875 Register of Indictments.01 Jan 189330 Jun 1957

SC251 Sheriff's Register of the Issue of Fieri Facias.01 Jan 189331 Dec 1934

SC538 Register of Cases Heard under Local Courts Act Jurisdiction, Burnie.01 Aug 190631 Dec 1934

AF24 Register of Coroners' Oaths of Allegiance and Judicial Oaths24 Oct 190728 Mar 1991

AC971 Register of Documents enrolled (2)01 Mar 190831 Dec 1995

SC49 Index to Unidentified Register in Civil Causes.01 Jan 192031 Dec 1930

AE316 Documents in Cases on Appeal under Various Mining Acts01 Dec 192031 Dec 1936

SC92 Documents in Cases under the Land and Income Tax Act 1910.01 Jan 192531 Dec 1928

SC98 Documents in Cases on Appeal in Criminal Jurisdiction.01 Jan 192531 Dec 1960

SC382 Alphabetical List of Licensed Auditors.01 Jan 192531 Dec 1936

SC512 Register of Cases Heard in Court of Criminal Appeal.01 Jan 192531 Dec 1969

SC395 Minutes of Court of Criminal Appeal.20 Apr 192531 Oct 1973

SC56 Registers of Cases Heard under the Small Debts Act Jurisdiction, Glenorchy.01 Jul 192531 Dec 1939

SC453 Register of the Issue of Writs of Fieri Facias.06 Feb 192611 Feb 1947

SC451 Register of Issue of Writs in Cases in Workers Compensation Act 192701 Jan 192831 Dec 1933

SC191 Register of Writs of Attachment issued in Small Debts Act Jurisdiction, Queenstown.01 Apr 192931 Oct 1941

AE525 Case Files in Probate Actions01 Jan 193431 Dec 1961

SC82 Registers & Indexes of Cases under the Civil Procedures Act 193201 Jan 193431 Dec 1979

SC93 Documents in Cases in Local Courts Act Jurisdiction, under the Workers Compensation Act 1927.01 Jan 193431 Dec 1959

SC145 Garnishee Orders and Affidavits.01 Jan 193431 Dec 1961

SC491 Register of Probate Actions (Cases).01 Jan 193431 Dec 1961

SC492 Index to Register of Cases in Probate.01 Jan 193431 Dec 1961

SC493 Register of Cases in Lunacy.01 Jan 193431 Dec 1961

SC494 Register of Causes Heard in Workers Compensation.01 Jan 193431 Dec 1961

SC495 Index to Register of Causes Heard in Workers Compensation.01 Jan 193431 Dec 1961

SC496 Index to Register of Cases in Lunacy27 Feb 193416 Nov 1961

SC409 Index to Orders in Probate Actions [Sc 143].21 Sep 193426 Nov 1949

SC417 Reports of Supreme Court Cases.01 Jan 193531 Dec 1937

SC498 Register of Cases on Appeal to the Supreme Court.01 Jan 193531 Dec 1979

SC502 Index to Register of Cases on Appeal to the Supreme Court.01 Jan 193531 Dec 1962

SC404 Minutes of Proceedings on Appeal to the Full Court in Civil Jurisdiction.12 Mar 193520 May 1973

SC226 Alphabetical Register of Part of Proceeding Series.01 Jan 193631 Dec 1947

SC450 Register of Warrants of Committal.01 Apr 193630 Apr 1937

SC53 Register of Cases in "Miscellaneous Jurisdiction", including Ecclesiastical.01 Jan 193731 Dec 1979

SC87 Documents in Cases in Miscellaneous Jurisdiction. (Annual Number System)01 Jan 193727 May 2019

SC503 Index to Register of Cases in Miscellaneous Jurisdiction.01 Jan 193731 Dec 1961

SC254 Registers of Documents received for Registration, with Fees.01 Jun 193731 May 1950

SC16 Alphabetical Register of the Issue of Legal Practitioners' Annual Certificates.01 Jan 193831 Dec 1945

SC144 Copies of Rules Absolute in Civil Cases.01 Jan 193831 Dec 1938

SC412 Index to Register of Articles of Clerkship.01 Jan 193831 Dec 1950

SC408 Index to Decrees of the Full Court.12 Jul 193826 Sep 1949

AE265 Papers Submitted under Executors Relief Act08 Dec 193817 Feb 1939

AF642 Launceston District Registry - Bankruptcy Index01 Jan 193931 Dec 1986

SC516 Associate's Minute Book of Cases Heard.30 Jun 193904 Feb 1954

SC95 Documents in Cases under the Civil Procedure Act 193201 Sep 193913 May 2011

SC522 Cash Books No 4 Account.01 Jan 194031 Dec 1979

SC94 Documents in a Case in Disputed Elections Jurisdiction (Cuthbertson V Legislative Council).01 Apr 194031 Dec 1943

AF641 Launceston District Registry - Register of Cases in Miscellaneous Jurisdiction30 Sep 194012 Dec 1991

SC81 Documents in Criminal Cases - registered.01 Jan 194131 Dec 1993

SC425 Alphabetical Indexed Guide to Rules of the Supreme Court.01 Jan 194131 Dec 1941

SC514 Correspondence and associated Papers relating to the Law Reform Committee.01 Jan 194131 Dec 1943

AF646 Attachment Book19 May 194101 Apr 1966

AE317 Trust Provisions of Methodist Church Model Deed of Tasmania16 Jul 194101 Aug 1941

SC259 Staff Files.01 Jan 194231 Dec 1956

SC550 Launceston District Registry - Document in Cases in Divorce.01 Jan 194531 Dec 1976

AF647 Launceston District Registry - Register of Judgement Summons01 Aug 194526 Nov 1965

SC325 Launceston District Registry - Documents in Cases under the Civil Procedure Act 1932.01 Jan 194718 Oct 1995

SC521 Cash Books No 3 Account.01 Jan 194731 Dec 1982

SC255 Register of Fees paid for Various Documents.01 Jan 195231 Dec 1954

AF640 Launceston District Registry - Court Minute Books of Cases Heard02 Jul 195228 Jun 1956

SC552 Launceston District Registry - Document in Cases in Miscellaneous Jurisdiction.01 Jan 195319 Jun 1997

SC551 Launceston District Registry - Documents in Cases on Appeal from Lower Courts.01 Jan 195631 Dec 1979

SC427 Routine Instructions for Officers of the Supreme Court and Sheriff's Department.01 Jan 195831 Dec 1958

SC413 Register of Documents relating to the Winding-Up of Companies.19 Nov 195806 Dec 1961

AF952 Calendar of Criminal Cases Heard at Hobart, Launceston and Burnie14 Jun 196110 Nov 1998

SC65 Documents in Cases on Appeal.01 Jan 196215 Nov 1996

SC438 Applications for Deferment and/or Exemption from Jury Service 1969 [Srd].01 Jan 196231 Dec 1989

SC524 Index to unknown Record relating to Legal Practitioners.01 Jan 196231 Dec 1976

AF645 Pre-Trial Book of Actions - Launceston, Burnie and Devonport01 Jan 196331 Dec 1967

SC518 Register of Actions in Intestate Matters.01 Jan 196331 Dec 1977

SC549 Documents in Cases in Intestate Matters.01 Jan 196331 Dec 1977

SC548 Burnie District Registry - Folder of Plans and Drawings for Burnie Supreme Magisterial Courts.01 Apr 196631 May 1966

SC437 Copies of Jury Panels and Jury Claim Vouchers in Criminal Cases [Srd].01 Jan 196731 Dec 1967

SC517 Burnie District Registry - Documents in Cases in Divorce.01 Jan 196731 Dec 1976

SC543 Burnie District Registry - Documents in Cases in Miscellaneous Jurisdiction.01 Jan 196731 Dec 1979

SC544 Burnie District Registry - Documents in Cases in Civil Jurisdiction.01 Jan 196731 Dec 1979

SC546 Burnie District Registry - Documents in Cases on Appeal from Lower Courts.01 Jan 196731 Dec 1979

SC547 Burnie District Registry - Documents in Cases in Workers Compensation Jurisdiction.01 Jan 196731 Dec 1979

SC434 Calendar of Criminal Cases Heard at Hobart.05 Feb 196812 Nov 1975

SC435 Calendar of Criminal Cases Heard at Launceston.07 Feb 196801 Oct 1975

SC419 Draft Copies of Supreme Court Act.01 Jan 197131 Dec 1972

SC420 Commentary on Tentative Draft of New Supreme Court Act by F M Neasey.01 Jan 197131 Dec 1971

SC421 Tentative First Draft of Rules of the Supreme Court.01 Jan 197231 Dec 1972

SC423 Tentative Second Draft of Rules of the Supreme Court.01 Jan 197231 Dec 1972

SC545 Burnie District Registry - Documents in Cases in Interstate Matters.01 Jan 197431 Dec 1980

SC436 Calendar of Criminal Cases Heard in Burnie.05 Feb 197410 Nov 1975

SC520 Ledger No 2 Account.01 Jan 197531 Dec 1981

SC424 Notes on Tentative Draft of proposed New Rules of the Supreme Court by C G Brettingham- Moore.01 Oct 197531 Oct 1975

SC523 Expenditure Journals.01 Jul 197630 Jun 1979

SC519 Day Book showing Date, Documents Filed, Name of Solicitor, Name of Action, Fees paid.01 Jan 197931 Dec 1981

AB419 Index to Fieri Facias issued in Respect of Land Tax.01 Jan 198431 Dec 1989