VPRS 2268 Licensing Court Register (Prosecutions And Convictions)

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，澳大利亚维多利亚州各地方小额治安法庭（courts of petty sessions）共编制并留存了1886份酒类与非酒类许可申请登记册；此类法庭会定期召开由太平绅士、许可审核庭（licensing benches）或许可治安推事（licensing magistrates）组成的年度、季度及一般性庭审。根据1885年《酒类许可法》（Licensing Act 1885，维多利亚州第40号法案，第857号），维多利亚州被划分为若干许可管辖区（Licensing Districts），并为每个辖区设立许可法庭（Licensing Courts），专门审理与裁定酒类许可申请。1886年至1890年留存的许可登记册，往往记录了许可审核职责从地方小额治安法庭向许可法庭的过渡历程。在大多数乡村地区，同一登记卷宗会同时用于酒类与非酒类许可申请的登记，直至约1890年，当局专门为酒类许可申请启用了全新的登记表单。1886年至1890年间，记录许可法庭庭审程序的页面均会标注，以表明其为该法定机构的正式归档记录。本数据集系列包含与各类许可申请相关的庭审程序记录。若记录中包含1890年之前的庭审程序，则其大概率同时涵盖酒类与非酒类两类许可申请；若记录仅收录1890年之后的庭审程序，则相关申请仅涉及非酒类许可。常见的非酒类许可类别包括：拍卖商（Auctioneers）许可、货运商（Carriers）许可、流动商贩（Hawkers）许可、驿站马车运营商（Stage Coach operators）许可、屠宰场经营者（Slaughterers）许可、房地产经纪（Real Estate Agents）许可及收税专员（Collectors）许可。