VPRS 15101 Court of Petty Sessions Index to Convictions and Maintenance Orders Filed at Warrnambool

This series was created to record orders that were filed at the Warrnambool Court of Petty Sessions. Originally the court used the registers to record what appeared to be all orders that were filed at Warrnambool. Types of orders recorded were for debts, criminal orders, obscene language and being drunk and disorderly. Over time the variety of orders that were recorded declined and only debt and maintenance orders were being listed. Eventually around 1945, the registers were only being used to record maintenance orders filed at Warrnambool.When an order was made in the Court, a supervising court was nominated to file the order. The supervising court would not necessarily be the court that made the order. The choice of court was usually the court closest to where the subject of the order resided. All orders listed in the registers were made in courts in the west of the state including St Arnaud, Boort, Hamilton and Ararat.Information recorded was the number of the order, who the order was made against (in some cases the other party was also listed if the order was the result of the application of another party), date and type of order, and the court which made the order. This series is an index for VPRS 15325 Court of Petty Sessions Maintenance Files Filed at Warrnambool.

本数据集系列旨在记录瓦南布尔治安法院（Court of Petty Sessions）归档的各类判令文书。最初，该法院依托登记册记录几乎所有在瓦南布尔归档的判令文书，涵盖债务纠纷判令、刑事判令、猥亵言语及醉酒滋事相关裁判类型。随着时间推移，可记录的判令品类逐渐缩减，最终仅保留债务纠纷与扶养判令两类。至约1945年，该登记册仅用于记录瓦南布尔地区归档的扶养判令文书。当法院作出一项判令后，需指定一家监督法院（supervising court）负责该判令的归档流程。该监督法院未必与作出判令的法院为同一机构，选定时通常以判令所涉主体住所地最近的法院为优先依据。本登记册收录的所有判令均由该州西部的法院作出，涉及圣阿诺德（St Arnaud）、博尔特（Boort）、汉密尔顿（Hamilton）及阿拉拉特（Ararat）等地方法院。登记册记录的信息包括：判令编号、判令相对方（若判令由一方当事人申请作出，则有时会同时列明另一方当事人）、判令作出日期与类型，以及作出该判令的法院。本数据集系列为瓦南布尔治安法院归档的VPRS 15325号治安法院扶养判令档案的索引目录。