Databases and Indexes

• Geelong Circuit: some entries extracted from Criminal Trial Briefs (1852, 1862, 1863)
• Public Record Office Victoria, North Melbourne
• VPRS 30 Units 227A, 245, 264 [some extracted entries]

• NAME: Either Accused OR Victim OR Witness - COMMENT field will explain which
• DATE: of brief
• OTHER NAMES: Either Accused OR Victim - COMMENT field will explain which
• PLACE: Where court held
• COMMENT: Reason and results for hearing, and explanation of NAME and OTHER NAMES field for EACH entry - Witnesses are also included when not in NAME field
• REFERENCE: VPRS number and UNIT

VPRS 30 / P0 contains 3,589 units - SOME files for the Geelong Circuit have been extracted for:

• Unit 227A: 1852
• Unit 245: 1862
• Unit 264: 1863

• 425 entries
• The majority of these have been triplicated as most entries contain three sets of names, some with multiples - Accused, Victim and Witness.

• PROV catalogue description for VPRS 30
• PROV WIKI for Uhl Index to Criminal Trial Briefs