VPRS 1500 Licensing Court 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.

截至1886年的酒类与非酒类许可证申请登记册共计1886份，均创建并维护于地方治安裁判所（petty sessions）；该机构会召开年度、季度及常规庭审，由太平绅士、治安许可联席会或治安许可法官主持相关议程。根据1885年《许可法》（40 Vic.,No.857），维多利亚州被划分为多个许可辖区，每个许可辖区均设立许可法庭，负责审理并裁决酒类许可证申请。1886年至1890年间留存的许可证登记册，往往记录了许可审理权责从治安裁判所向许可法庭的移交过程。在大多数乡村地区，同一册本会同时用于酒类与非酒类许可证申请登记，直至约1890年，当局专门为酒类许可证申请启用了全新的制式文书表单。1886年至1890年间，记录许可法庭庭审程序的页面均加注标注，明确其为该法定机构的职权档案。本数据集系列涵盖所有与许可证申请相关的庭审程序档案记录。若相关记录涉及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证申请；若记录仅涉及1890年之后的庭审程序，则申请内容仅会涉及非酒类许可证。常见的非酒类许可证类型包括：拍卖商许可证、承运人许可证、流动小贩许可证、驿站马车运营商许可证、屠宰商许可证、房地产经纪商许可证及收税员许可证。