VPRS 1678 Court of General Sessions Criminal Record Book (also known as Court of General Sessions Criminal Minute Book)

This series was created to record cases heard in the Court of General Sessions. In 1968 local Courts of General Sessions were abolished and a criminal jurisdiction was established in the County Court for the whole of Victoria.The Court of General Sessions heard exclusively cases that were of a more serious nature than the Court of Petty Sessions. Details recorded in this series include: the number of the case for each session, name of the accused, offence they were charged with, the plea, verdict, listing of the verdict, the sentence (if found guilty), date of the sentence, the Jury (if required the individual members names were listed), the adjudicating magistrate and remarks in which any additional matters were recorded. The name of the Judge who presided over each session was listed at the top of the page.

本数据集旨在记录治安总法庭（Court of General Sessions）审理的案件。1968年，各地治安总法庭被撤销，维多利亚州全境的郡法院（County Court）自此获得刑事管辖权。治安总法庭仅受理案情较治安法院（Court of Petty Sessions）更为严重的刑事案件。本数据集收录的案件详情包括：各庭审案号、被告人姓名、被控罪名、答辩意见、裁判结果、裁判结果明细、刑期（若被告人被判有罪）、判决日期、陪审团（Jury，若需组建则逐一列明全体成员姓名）、主审治安法官，以及记录额外事项的备注栏。每页顶部均列明主持该次庭审的法官姓名。