Databases and Indexes

• South Barwon: Court of Petty Sessions Cause List Books (1859-1888); Court of Petty Sessions Registers (1888-1899)
• Public Record Office Victoria, North Melbourne
• VPRS 350 Unit 11 [part indexed]

• NAME: Either Prosecutor / Complainant / Applicant OR Defendant - COMMENT field will explain which
• DATE: of court sitting
• OTHER NAMES: Either Prosecutor / Complainant / Applicant OR Defendant - COMMENT field will explain which
• COMMENT: Reason for court appearance, and explanation of NAME and OTHER NAMES field for EACH entry
• REFERENCE: VPRS number and UNIT number (entries are in chronological order)

VPRS 350 contains 9 Units:

• Unit 1: Cause List Book 1859-1863
• Unit 2: Cause List Book 1863-1868
• Unit 3: Cause List Book 1868-1873 [part indexed - to end of 1869 at this stage]

• 1,875 entries
• The majority of these have been duplicated as each entry contains two sets of names - Prosecutor and Defendant.

• 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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