AGY-4759 | Albury Court of General and Quarter Sessions

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The Albury Court of General and Quarter Sessions was proclaimed on 6 July 1859 with its first? sitting 8 November 1859. (1) The Albury Court of General and Quarter Sessions was placed in the Southern District, comprising the Southern Police District, by 7 December 1858 (2) and transferred to the South-Western Division by 7 July 1862 (3) 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 Albury 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 6 July 1859 p. 1511
(2) NSW Government Gazette 7 December 1858 p. 2173
(3) NSW Government Gazette 15 July 1862 p.1267