Databases and Indexes

• Colac: Court of Petty Sessions Cause List Books / Petty Sessions Registers (1860-1914) [part]
• Public Record Office Victoria, North Melbourne
• VPRS 301 Unit various

• NAME: Either Prosecutor / Complainant / Applicant OR Defendant - COMMENT field will explain which
• DATE: of court sitting
• OTHER NAMES: Either Prosecutor / Complainant / Applicant OR Defendant - COMMENT field will explain which
• COMMENT: Reason for court appearance, and explanation of NAME and OTHER NAMES field for EACH entry
• REFERENCE: VPRS number and UNIT number (entries are in chronological order)

VPRS 301:

• Unit 25: Cause List Book 1860-1864 - [21 Mar 1860 - 14 Nov 1860 DONE]
• Unit 27: Cause List Book 1869-1873 - [6 Jan 1869 - 22 Apr 1870 DONE]
• Unit 55: Cause List Book 1914-1915 - [14 Aug 1914 - 8 Oct 1914 DONE]

• 1,483 entries
• The majority of these have been duplicated as each entry contains two sets of names - Prosecutor and Defendant.

• How before the court?: Arrest, summons etc
• Fees: associated with court appearance
• Charge, cause or proceeding: more detail than provided in the COMMENT field
• Decision, memo of conviction or order
• Remarks

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