Agency:
Wynyard Lower Courts
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1867
End Date:
17 Jul 1989
Description:
The administration of justice in minor civil and criminal matters in the district of Wynyard. 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:
LC543 Record of Cases Heard in Petty Sessions. | 01 Jan 1867 | 31 Jul 1978 |
LC548 Minutes of Meetings of the Licensing Bench. | 27 Jan 1867 | 06 Dec 1921 |
LC575 Minutes of Annual and Other Meetings of Justices - (Incomplete). | 01 Jan 1868 | 31 Dec 1918 |
LC539 Register of the Receipt and Issue of Bailiff's Summonses. | 01 Sep 1872 | 31 Jan 1936 |
LC536 Registrar's Record of Actions for the Recovery of Money in Minor Courts. | 01 Oct 1872 | 30 Jun 1967 |
LC625 Registrar's Record of the Execution of Warrants. | 01 Jul 1884 | 31 Dec 1969 |
LC537 Register of Judgement Summonses entered. | 01 Jan 1886 | 31 Dec 1977 |
LC538 Register of Execution of Bailiff's Warrants. | 01 Dec 1886 | 30 Jun 1966 |
LC72 Register of Appeals under the Assessment Acts 1887 and 1911. | 01 Jan 1889 | 31 Dec 1950 |
LC541 Registrar's Cash Book. | 01 Feb 1892 | 31 Mar 1974 |
LC544 Summons Book. | 01 Oct 1894 | 28 Feb 1938 |
LC547 Register of Fees and Fines Levied in Court of Petty Sessions. | 01 Jan 1908 | 31 Aug 1935 |
LC540 Register of Fees Payable in Courts of Requests and General Sessions. | 01 Apr 1908 | 31 Mar 1955 |
LC626 Record of Cases Heard in Children's Court. | 06 Mar 1912 | 31 Dec 1973 |
LC542 Miscellaneous Documents of Process issued out of the Court of Requests. | 01 Jan 1938 | 28 Feb 1943 |
LC545 Miscellaneous Documents of the Court of Petty Sessions [Srd]. | 01 Aug 1939 | 31 Aug 1939 |
LC546 Miscellaneous Documents relating to Hearings in the Children's Court. | 01 Oct 1943 | 31 Oct 1943 |
LC622 Index to Plaints. | 01 Jan 1957 | 31 Dec 1972 |
LC633 Register of Garnishee Orders issued. | 01 Jan 1957 | 31 Dec 1971 |