NRS-17668 | Depositions [Coolamon Court of Petty Sessions]

These papers are those of the proceedings of the Court in its jurisdiction over less serious criminal matters and minor civil complaints.Cases are numbered and/or listed as they are received by the Court although usually some time elapses before a case is heard. Each case was given a running number with an alphabetical prefix. Papers for each day are tied into bundles, which are usually prefaced by a list of the cases set down to be heard that day.The list details case number (usually a daily number), name of defendant, offence, name of informant, and result. The cases are listed by category which includes: Charge cases (fresh and remand), Summons cases, Children's Court cases, Wardens Court cases, Licensing Court cases, Liquor Court cases, Small Debts matters and Industrial Magistrates Court cases.Larger, busier courts often created whole bundles of traffic matters. Some courts also held records of cases heard before Justices of the Peace; these often related to drunkenness. Papers for each case may include charge and summons sheets, statements of evidence presented to the Court, bench sheets, arrest forms and police interviews, pre-sentence reports, bail papers, community service orders, notices of appeal to higher courts, warrants, interview transcriptions, records of proceedings, sworn statements, subpoenas, certificates of convictions, accident reports, information (general purpose) papers, noxious plant and animal notifications, declarations, correspondence, receipts, applications for summons, language sheets, fingerprint records, records of exhibits, occasionally exhibits, sureity forms relating to fines and recognizances.