AGY-4761 | Armidale Court of General and Quarter Sessions

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The Armidale Court of General and Quarter Sessions was established on or by 7 December, 1858 at which time the courts District structure, based on NSW Police districts, appears to have been established. (1) The Armidale Court of General and Quarter Sessions was placed in the Northern District 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 Armidale Court of General and Quarter Sessions 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. Armidale Court of General and Quarter Sessions became a court in the District Court Criminal and Special Jurisdiction, North and North Western Division. Endnotes:
(1) NSW Government Gazette 7 December, 1858 p. 2174