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Series number: 845 
Title: Depositions and other papers, Sydney and Country 
Start date: 1824 
End date: 1931 
Contents start date: 1824 
Contents end date: 1931 

Descriptive note: The papers 1824-1837 include in most cases, a Calendar of persons for trial; Gaol Report; returns of persons tried and sentenced; jury lists; and Presentments of Grand Juries on the state of the water supply, gaols and public buildings. Depositions and other papers relating to each case follow. The papers are located as follows:

Bathurst, Nov 1832-Aug 1836, Location 4/8368-82, SR Reel 2395-98

Campbelltown, Jul 1828-Aug 1836, Location 4/8383-94, SR Reel 2399-2403

Liverpool, Nov 1824-Jan 1828, Location 4/8395-401, SR Reel 2404

Maitland, Feb 1830-May 1836, Location 4/8402-17, SR Reel 2405-09

Newcastle, Aug 1826-Feb 1829, Location 4/8418-23, SR Reel 2410

Parramatta, Feb 1825-Aug 1836, Location 4/8424-37, SR Reel 2411-14

Sydney, Nov 1824-Jul 1837, Location 4/8438-69, SR Reel 2414-16 (4/8438-43 only)

Windsor, Nov 1824-Aug 1836, Location 4/8470-89, SR Reel 2752-54 (4/8470-84 only)

The depositions 1841-1931 have been sorted into Sydney (by month) and country (alphabetical by place) for each year. Few papers survive for 1841-1920.

1824-1837 (4/8368-443, microfilm copy SR Reels 2395-2416; 4/8470-84, microfilm copy SR Reels 2752-2754; 4/8444-69, 4/8485-89), 1841-1920 (2/10415-28, 10/8911 part). 91 vols, 45 boxes (part).

1921-1931 (19/7160-336, 19/9500-9819, 10/8911 part-8923 part). 510 boxes (part).

Relevant items indexed in Aboriginal Colonial Court Cases 1788-1838.

Note:
This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.
 

Home location: This series is held at Western Sydney Records Centre. 
Format:  

Images:
None

Arrangement:  
Bridging aids: An online index to this series 1824-1837 is available on State Records web site Index to Quarter Sessions Cases. 
Copies: Microfilm copies State Records Reels 2395-2416, 2752-2754 available in both reading rooms 
Item control status: Item lists are not available electronically 

Creating agency:
35 Clerk of the Peace (1817-1980) Solicitor for Public Prosecutions and Clerk of the Peace (1980-1987)  01 Jan 1824 ~ 31 Dec 1931 

Current agency responsible:
None

Preceding series:
None

Succeeding series:
856 Depositions and other papers, Sydney Quarter Sessions starts 1932 
857 Depositions and other papers, Country Quarter Sessions starts 1932 

Related series:
None

Controlling series:
None

Controlled series:
None

Activities documented by this series:
3 Criminal Proceedings  01 Jan 1824 ~ 31 Dec 1931 

Persons creating this series:
None

Record items in this series:
None

 
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