NRS-2656 | Rough minutes of proceedings [Court of Civil Jurisdiction]

Rough minutes for each session of the Court show: date of sitting, members of the Court, and summarise proceedings before the Court. This series is incomplete. Minutes vary considerably in length and detail. In most instances only a brief indication of the verdict handed down is given; however, in more important cases (eg. Lord v Palmer concerning the estate of Stogdell) an almost complete transcript of proceedings appears to have been entered up. In addition, related case papers (which, whenever possible, have been inserted with the relevant minutes) may include depositions of witnesses, pleas by plaintiffs and/or defendants (either delivered in Court or sent to the Judge Advocate to be read in Court), and memorials to the Judge Advocate. Rough minutes also include hearings of applications for the granting of letters of administration, and agreements between parties to submit matters to arbitration (in some cases the awards of arbitrators, or, when called upon, umpires, are included). From 1796 rough minutes include for each session schedules of: returned writs issued out of Court, together with, where applicable, a notation as to the result of suits settled out of court; writs granted on affidavits sworn in Court; and writs of capias issued.These were originally loose papers. It is unknown when they were bound into volumes. (2/8147-49). 3 vols.Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

本系列收录新南威尔士州法院各庭审的简易庭审纪要，内容涵盖开庭日期、法庭组成人员，并概述法庭审理程序。本系列案卷并不完整。庭审纪要的篇幅与细节差异显著：多数情况下仅简要载明所作出的裁决；但在较为重大的案件中（例如涉及斯托格德尔遗产的Lord v Palmer案），则会形成近乎完整的庭审笔录。
此外，尽可能随对应纪要一并归档的关联案件材料，可包括证人证言（depositions of witnesses）、原被告双方的答辩状（pleas by plaintiffs and/or defendants，可当庭提交或送交军法法官（Judge Advocate）以备当庭宣读），以及提交给军法法官的正式备忘录。
简易庭审纪要还涵盖遗产管理令状（letters of administration）授予申请的审理记录，以及当事人将争议提交仲裁的协议（部分案例中还收录了仲裁员（arbitrators）或经指定的公断人（umpires）的裁决结果。
自1796年起，各庭审的简易纪要新增三项附表内容：法庭发出的已返还令状（如适用，还附注庭外和解的诉讼结果）、基于法庭内宣誓誓章（affidavits）颁发的令状，以及逮捕令状（writs of capias）。
这些材料最初均为散页，目前尚不清楚其何时被装订成册。案卷编号为(2/8147-49)，共3卷。
注：本描述节选自2000年出版的《新南威尔士州档案馆简明指南》第三版。