VPRS 731 Licensing Court Registers

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.

总计1886份酒类许可证（liquor licence）与非酒类许可证（non-liquor licence）申请登记册，由开设年度、季度及例行开庭的治安小额裁判法庭（courts of petty sessions）创建并维护，该法庭的开庭主体包括治安法官（justices of the peace）、许可审议庭（licensing benches）及许可事务推事（licensing magistrates）。根据1885年《许可法》（Licensing Act 1885，40 Vic.,No.857），澳大利亚维多利亚州被划分为多个许可专区（Licensing Districts），并为每个专区设立许可法庭（Licensing Courts），专门负责审理并裁决酒类许可证申请。留存于1886至1890年间的许可证登记册，通常记录了许可审理职责从治安小额裁判法庭向许可法庭的转移历程。在多数乡村地区，同一登记卷宗会同时用于酒类与非酒类许可证申请的登记工作，直至1890年左右，专门针对酒类许可证申请的新式登记表单正式投入使用。1886至1890年间，所有记录许可法庭审理程序的页面均附有批注，以明确其作为该司法管辖权限的官方档案属性。本数据集系列涵盖与许可证申请相关的全部审理程序记录。若记录包含1890年之前的审理程序，则大概率同时收录酒类与非酒类许可证申请的相关内容；若记录仅涵盖1890年之后的审理程序，则所涉申请仅为非酒类许可证。常见的非酒类许可证类型包括：拍卖商许可、运输商许可、流动小贩许可、驿站马车运营商许可、屠宰商许可、房地产经纪许可及税务征收员许可。