AGY-3995 | Wagga Wagga Court of General and Quarter Sessions

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The Wagga Wagga Court of General and Quarter Sessions was established by 1 September 1862 when the first Court seems to have convened there. (1) The Wagga Wagga Court of General and Quarter Sessions was placed in the South-Western Division from at least 2 November 1863 (2) where it remained until the system of Quarter Sessions was discontinued. The role of the Court of Quarter Sessions was to hear less serious criminal cases. The dates of hearings at the Wagga Wagga Court were proclaimed in the NSW Government Gazette. The court ceased on 1 July 1973 when Courts of General and Quarter Sessions were abolished and the district courts took on the Criminal as well as the civil jurisdiction. Endnotes:
(1) NSW Government Gazette 20 June 1862 p. 1111
(2) NSW Government Gazette 13 October 1863 p. 2189 Reference
Law Almanac, NSW Government Printer, 1882 - 1973