Agency:
Port Cygnet Lower Courts
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1854
End Date:
17 Jul 1989
Description:
The administration of justice in minor civil and criminal matters in the district of Port Cygnet. The local magistrate/Justices also presided over cases in the Childrens and Licensing Courts and heard appeals under the Assessment Act.~;;;;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:
LC414 Record of Cases Heard in Petty Sessions. | 12 Aug 1854 | 31 May 1981 |
LC416 Register of Fees and Fines Levied in Court of Petty Sessions. | 01 Dec 1854 | 31 Dec 1980 |
LC410 Register of Fees Payable in Courts of Request and General Sessions. | 16 Dec 1854 | 23 Sep 1981 |
LC277 Minutes of Meetings of Justices in General Sessions and Special Petty Sessions for Various Purposes. | 01 Jan 1857 | 23 Mar 1900 |
LC403 Registrar's Record of Actions for the Recovery of Money in Minor Courts. | 01 Jan 1857 | 31 Dec 1958 |
LC406 Register of the Issue of Bailiff's Summonses. | 01 Sep 1858 | 30 Sep 1955 |
LC285 Minutes of Meetings of the Licensing Bench. | 01 Dec 1859 | 31 Mar 1900 |
LC408 Register of Writs of Execution. | 01 Jan 1861 | 30 Nov 1881 |
LC405 Register of Execution of Bailiff's Warrants. | 01 Jan 1868 | 31 Dec 1935 |
LC415 Summons Book. | 01 Jan 1872 | 31 May 1925 |
LC411 Registrar's Ledger. | 01 Aug 1888 | 31 Jan 1917 |
LC284 Register of Appeals under the Assessment Act 1887. | 01 Mar 1889 | 31 Dec 1904 |
LC407 Register of the Issue of Judgement Summonses. | 01 May 1889 | 28 Feb 1938 |
LC409 Record of the Issue of Warrants of Commitment for Contempt. | 01 Sep 1893 | 30 Nov 1901 |
LC412 Registrar's Cash Book. | 01 Jul 1918 | 30 Apr 1939 |
LC404 Register of Plaints with Details of Subsequent Process. | 01 Jan 1925 | 31 Dec 1935 |
AG120 Index to Record of Cases Heard | 01 Jan 1947 | 31 Dec 1962 |
LC613 Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court. | 07 Oct 1947 | 30 Apr 1981 |
LC417 Register of Late Licences issued by the Licensing Court. | 01 May 1959 | 31 Dec 1961 |