Databases and Indexes

• Geelong: Court of Petty Sessions Index to Convictions (1888-1957)
• Public Record Office Victoria, North Melbourne
• VPRS 1474 Unit 1 [1888-1890]
• These entries are the index to VPRS 310 - Court of Petty Sessions Registers (1888-1932) which are in chronological order

• NAME: Defendant
• DATE: of court sitting
• COMMENT: Register number, Offence, Result [Note: if register number cannot be found in relevant VPRS 310 unit / register, use the date]
• REFERENCE: VPRS number and UNIT number

VPRS 1474 contains 9 Units:

• Unit 1: Court of Petty Sessions Index to Convictions 1888-1890 [done]

• 1434 entries

• Prosecutor / Complainant / Applicant
• How before the court?: Arrest, summons etc
• Fees: associated with court appearance
• Charge, cause or proceeding: more detail than provided in the COMMENT field
• Decision, memo of conviction or order
• Remarks

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From Victorian Municipal Directory

In 1890 the Court of Petty Sessions met at Geelong daily at 10.00 am - the Clerk of Courts was N J Maude.

The Police Magistrate was T D S Heron.