VPRS 10557 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，当地治安裁判法庭（courts of petty sessions）共创建并维护了1886份酒类与非酒类许可申请登记册；此类法庭会举办由太平绅士（justices of the peace）、许可审判席（licensing benches）或许可治安法官（licensing magistrates）主持的年度、季度及常规庭审。根据1885年《许可法案》（Licensing Act 1885，第40维多利亚议会第857号），维多利亚州（Victoria）被划分为多个许可管辖区（Licensing Districts），并为每个管辖区设立许可法庭（Licensing Courts），专门审理与裁定酒类许可申请。现存1886至1890年的许可登记册（Licence Registers），往往记录了许可审批权责从治安裁判法庭向许可法庭的转移历程。在大多数乡村地区，同一卷宗会同时用于酒类与非酒类许可申请的登记，直至1890年左右，专门针对酒类许可申请的新式登记表单（stationery）被启用。1886至1890年间，记录许可法庭庭审流程的页面均附有批注，表明其为该司法权限的正式档案。本档案系列收录与许可申请相关的庭审流程记录。若档案记录的是1890年之前的庭审，则大概率同时涵盖酒类与非酒类两类许可申请；若仅收录1890年之后的庭审记录，则相关申请仅涉及非酒类许可。常见的非酒类许可包括：拍卖商许可（Auctioneers）、运输商许可（Carriers）、小贩许可（Hawkers）、驿站马车运营商许可（Stage Coach operators）、屠宰商许可（Slaughterers）、房地产经纪许可（Real Estate Agents）及收税员许可（Collectors）。