NRS-847 | Registers of criminal cases tried at Sydney Quarter Sessions (Sydney Deposition books)

The registers are hand written bound volumes in chronological order by date of trial. Until 1865 registers show prisoner’s name, the case number (within) sessions, condition of prisoners (that is: free, free by servitude), name of vessel on which prisoner arrived, nature of offence, place and date of committal, names of Crown witnesses, names of witnesses for the defendant, date of trial, type of jury (eg. Military, civil), names of chairman of Quarter Sessions and Justices presiding, verdict and sentence delivered.The condition of the defendant and the vessel in which he or she arrived are increasingly rarely completed from the mid 1840's onwards. From 1866 registers do not provide for the entry of condition of defendant, the vessel on which defendant arrived, or the name of Justices presiding. All registers note when cases did not proceed.The name of the defendant is usually crossed through when the case is heard, (ticked from 1874 onwards) but the names continue to be legible.Item lists are available online up to October 1920.Nov 1920-Oct 1921 (5/2989), Oct 1921-Dec 1948 (19/13102-23, 19/14979). 24 vols.