VPRS 1514 Court Of Petty Sessions Licensing Register

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:AuctioneersCarriersHawkersStage Coach operatorsSlaughterersReal Estate AgentsCollectors.

地方治安法庭（courts of petty sessions）曾创建并维护多达1886份酒类及非酒类许可证申请登记册，此类法庭为治安法官、许可审理委员会（licensing benches）或许可治安法官举办年度、季度及常规庭审的场所。根据1885年《许可法》（第40号维多利亚州法令，第857号），维多利亚州被划分为多个许可区，每个许可区均设立许可法庭，负责审理并裁决酒类许可证申请。现存1886至1890年期间的许可证登记册，常记录着责任从治安法庭向许可法庭转移的过程。在大多数乡村地区，同一卷册持续用于记录酒类及非酒类许可证申请，直至约1890年——彼时专门用于酒类许可证申请的新文书启用。1886至1890年间，记录许可法庭庭审程序的页面均附有注释，表明其为该机构的官方记录。本系列包含许可证申请相关的庭审程序记录。若记录涉及1890年前的庭审，则可能同时包含酒类及非酒类许可证申请；若记录仅涉及1890年后的庭审，则申请应仅与非酒类许可证相关。常见的非酒类许可证类型包括：拍卖商、承运人、小贩、驿站马车运营商、屠宰商、房地产经纪人、征集者（Collectors）。