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Series No. 49
Series Title  REGISTERS - CRIMINAL RECORD BOOKS
Start Date  1 Jan 1830
End Date  -
Contents Start Date  -
Contents End Date  -
Series Description  Registers of Calendar of Prisoners at various Court sittings in the Supreme Court and country centres. Registers for each sitting of the Supreme Court criminal sittings, also some quarter sessions for country areas. Shows case number, name, crime or offence, date of committal, date of trial, plea, verdict, sentence, any remarks. Case number = file number (WAS 122).

When it shows nolle prosequi entered, usually the case has not been registered with a number ie, the Crown has chosen not to proceed with the indictment.

For lists of nolle prosequi entered see nominal index for Vols 2-5 under "N". See also front of Vols 4 and 5 for page reference to nolle prosequi. Further details of nolle prosequi entries can be found on consignment listing (Cons 3473 and Cons 3649).

Occasionally depositions (statements of witnesses taken by police when complaint was initiated) are listed at the end of sittings.

Vol 1 is indexed by Index - Criminal Sessions (WAS 192) from 1861-1900. The early part of the volume, 1830-1861, is not indexed.

Vols 2-5 have a nominal index at the front. (Note: People are sometimes indexed by their first name instead of/as well as their surname. At front of Vols 4 & 5 is a list of country sessions with page references.

For information concerning sentence, date of discharge, prison where sentence served see Acc 1156 V23, convict records (described on AN 358/1 page 8). For 1861-1914 only.

Original Format  Volumes
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Arrangement  Numerical
Bridging Aids  -
Copies  Microfilm copies of Cons 3422 are available in the State Records Office of Western Australia
Series Access Status  -
 
Current agency responsible 
44 SUPREME COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 Jan 1861 ~   Detail
 
Preceding Series 
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Succeeding Series 
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Related Series 
122 FILES - CRIMINAL INDICTMENT 1 Jan 1830 ~   Detail
192 INDEXES - CRIMINAL SESSIONS 1 Jan 1861 ~ 1 Jan 1900   Detail
204 MINUTE BOOKS - COURT OF QUARTER SESSIONS 1 Jan 1830 ~   Detail
260 INDEX - DEPOSITIONS IN CASES NOT PROSECUTED 1 Jan 1849 ~ 1 Jan 1878   Detail
864 FILES - CRIMINAL INDICTMENT 1 Jan 1973 ~   Detail
2441 REGISTER - CRIMINAL RECORD BOOK/EVIDENCE BOOK 21 Sep 1898 ~   Detail
 
Controlling Series 
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Controlled Series 
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Activities documented by this series 
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Agencies creating this series 
44 SUPREME COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1 Jan 1861 ~   Detail
102 COURT OF GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE 1 Jan 1830 ~ 1 Jan 1861   Detail
 
Record Items in this series 
01 CRIMINAL INDICTMENT REGISTER 1 1 Oct 1830 ~ 30 Mar 1887   Detail
02 CRIMINAL INDICTMENT REGISTER 2 1 Apr 1887 ~ 30 Apr 1907   Detail
03 CRIMINAL INDICTMENT REGISTER 3 1 May 1907 ~ 31 Jan 1916   Detail
04 CRIMINAL INDICTMENT REGISTER 4 1 Feb 1916 ~ 31 Dec 1935   Detail
05 CRIMINAL INDICTMENT REGISTER 5 1 Jan 1936 ~ 30 Mar 1953   Detail
1 CRIMINAL RECORD BOOK 6 1 Apr 1953 ~ 31 Dec 1959   Detail
2 CRIMINAL RECORD BOOK 9 1 Dec 1959 ~ 30 Sep 1966   Detail
3 CRIMINAL RECORD BOOK 10 1 Jun 1964 ~ 31 Aug 1968   Detail
4 CRIMINAL RECORD BOOK 11 1 Mar 1969 ~ 30 Nov 1973   Detail
5 CRIMINAL RECORD BOOK 12 1 Jan 1974 ~ 31 Dec 1980   Detail
6 CRIMINAL RECORD BOOK 13 1 Jan 1981 ~ 31 Dec 1982   Detail
7 CRIMINAL RECORD BOOK NO. 14 1 Jan 1983 ~ 31 Dec 1987   Detail

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