VPRS 10235 Licensing Court Licensing 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.

本数据集共收录并维护了多达1886份酒类与非酒类许可申请登记册，这些登记册由定期召开太平绅士（justices of the peace）、许可委员会（licensing benches）或治安裁判法官（licensing magistrates）年度、季度及全体庭审的地方治安裁判法庭（petty sessions）创建并管理。
根据《1885年许可法（Licensing Act 1885）》（40 Vic., No.857），维多利亚州（Victoria）被划分为多个许可辖区（Licensing District），并为每个许可辖区设立许可法庭（Licensing Court）以审理并裁决酒类许可申请。
1886年至1890年间留存的许可登记册，大多记载了许可管辖职责从治安裁判法庭向许可法庭过渡的过程。在多数乡村地区，同一本登记册会同时用于酒类与非酒类许可申请，直至约1890年专门为酒类许可申请启用全新的文书耗材（stationery）为止。
1886年至1890年间，记录许可法庭庭审程序的页面均加注标注，以表明其为该司法管辖权限的正式档案。
本档案系列收录的均为与许可申请相关的庭审程序记录。若相关记录记载的是1890年之前的庭审程序，则大概率同时包含酒类与非酒类两类许可申请；若记录仅涵盖1890年之后的庭审程序，则相关申请仅涉及非酒类许可。
常见的非酒类许可类型包括：拍卖商许可、承运人许可、小商贩许可、驿站马车经营者许可、屠宰场经营者许可、房地产经纪商许可及代收人许可。