VPRS 1540 Licensing Court Registers, Port Fairy

Up to 1886 registers of applications for liquor and non-liquor licences were created and maintained in local courts of petty sessions at which annual, quarterly and general sittings of justices of the peace, licensing benches or licensing magistrates occurred.Under the Licensing Act 1885 (40 Vic.,No.857) Victoria was divided into Licensing Districts and Licensing Courts were constituted for each Licensing District to hear and determine liquor licence applications. Licence Registers extant for the period 1886 to 1890 often document the transition of responsibility from the courts of petty sessions to the licensing courts. In most country areas the same volume continued to be used for liquor and non-liquor licence applications until circa 1890 when new stationery was introduced specifically for liquor licence applications. Between 1886 and 1890 the pages which record proceedings of the Licensing Court are annotated to show that they are a record of that authority.This series comprises a record of proceedings concerning licence applications. If the records document proceedings held prior to 1890, it is likely that they will include both liquor and non-liquor licence applications. If the records only document proceedings held after 1890 the applications should relate solely to non-liquor licences.Some common non-liquor licences included:- Auctioneers- Carriers- Hawkers- Stage Coach operators- Slaughterers- Real Estate Agents- Collectors.

地方治安法庭（courts of petty sessions）曾创建并维护多达1886份酒类及非酒类执照申请登记册，治安法官（justices of the peace）、执照审理委员会（licensing benches）或执照裁判官会在该法庭举行年度、季度及常规庭审。根据1885年《执照法》（Licensing Act 1885，40 Vic. No.857），维多利亚州被划分为多个执照区（Licensing Districts），每个执照区均设立执照法庭（Licensing Courts），负责审理并裁决酒类执照申请。1886至1890年期间现存的执照登记册（Licence Registers），常记录了责任从治安法庭向执照法庭的过渡过程。在大多数乡村地区，同一卷册持续用于记录酒类及非酒类执照申请，直至1890年左右，专门用于酒类执照申请的新文书才开始启用。1886至1890年间，记录执照法庭庭审程序的页面均有注释，表明其为该机构的正式记录。本系列数据集包含执照申请相关的庭审程序记录。若记录涉及1890年前的庭审程序，则其很可能同时包含酒类及非酒类执照申请。若记录仅涉及1890年后的庭审程序，则申请应仅与非酒类执照相关。常见的非酒类执照包括：- 拍卖商执照（Auctioneers）- 运输商执照（Carriers）- 小贩执照（Hawkers）- 驿站马车运营商执照（Stage Coach operators）- 屠宰商执照（Slaughterers）- 房地产经纪人执照（Real Estate Agents）- 征收员执照（Collectors）