VPRS 17769 Children's Court Register

This series consists of Children's Court Registers created by Heidelberg Courts [VA 2910].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.

本系列数据集由海德堡法院（Heidelberg Courts）编制的儿童法院登记簿（Children's Court Registers）构成，档案编号为VA 2910。维多利亚州于1906年通过《儿童法院法》（Children's Courts Act 1906）设立儿童法院，该法于1906年12月1日正式施行。儿童法院可在任意设有治安法院/治安法庭（Court of Petty Sessions/Magistrates' Court）的地点开庭。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判的登记记录，并明确规定了登记簿的标准格式。儿童法院登记簿所记载的内容包括：案件编号、举报人或申请人姓名、被告人姓名、被告人年龄或疑似年龄、被告人到庭方式（逮捕令（arrest warrant）或传票（summons））、应缴法院费用、报案内容、指控事由或申请事项、法院裁判与命令，以及备注信息。罚款或费用的缴纳情况通常会记录在备注栏中。