VPRS 8448 Children's Court Register

This series consists of Children's Court Registers created by Cobram Courts [VA 3048].Children's Courts were established in Victoria by the Children's Courts Act 1906. This Act came into operation on 1 December 1906. Children's Courts could sit at any place where a Court of Petty Sessions/Magistrates' Court sat.The 1906 Act and subsequent legislation required clerks of Children's Courts to keep a register of all cases and decisions of the court. The Acts also set out the form that the register should take. The Children's Court Register records the case number, the name of the informant or applicant, the name of the accused or defendant, his or her age or apparent age, how the defendant was brought to court (arrest warrant or summons), the court fees due, the nature of the information, charge or application, the court's decision and order and any remarks. The payment of fines or fees is often recorded in the remarks column.

本系列数据集由科布拉姆法院（Cobram Courts）编制的儿童法院（Children's Court）登记簿组成，档案编号为VA 3048。维多利亚州依据1906年《儿童法院法》（Children's Courts Act 1906）设立儿童法院，该法于1906年12月1日正式生效。儿童法院可在治安法院（Court of Petty Sessions）/治安法庭（Magistrates' Court）的任一常设地点开庭审理案件。1906年法案及后续立法均要求儿童法院书记员留存法院全部案件与裁决的登记簿，并明确规定了登记簿的标准格式。儿童法院登记簿所记录的内容包括：案件编号、举报人或申请人姓名、被告人姓名、被告人实际年龄或疑似年龄、被告人到庭方式（逮捕令或传票）、应缴法院费用、举报事项、指控事由或申请缘由、法院裁决与指令，以及所有备注信息。其中，罚款或费用的缴纳情况通常会记录在备注栏中。