Tasmania court records, 1830-1845
Tasmania court records, 1830-1845
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1830-1845
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MLMSS 4476X
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1 outsize folder of textual material
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Series 01:
Items 1-2
Coroner's Court documents of an inquest held 7 October 1830 at Kangaroo Point, Van Diemen's Land before Frederick Roper, J. P. into the drowning of William Sharpless. Documents include an authority to summon jurors, list of jurors, depositions of witnesses and statement of verdict
Series 02:
Item 3
Magistrat...
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Tasmania court records, 1830-1845
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Keyword subjects:
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Tasmania
Criminal justice, Administration of -- Norfolk Island
Description source
Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (5-565 C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
Contextual Information
Source
Donated by Mr K. W. Tribe, March 1985
Administrative / Biographical history
The Tasmanian criminal law and court system was established by legislation passed by the British parliament. This culminated in the Australian Courts Act (Huskisson Act) 9 Geo. IV CAP. 83 of 1828, which established Supreme Courts in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. The Lieutenant Governor was empowered to appoint Judges and Justices of the...
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MLMSS 4476X
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1LjRvQg9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1LjRvQg9
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923524
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