Informations, depositions and other papers

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Each indictment or deposition shows: name of defendant, nature of crime or misdemeanour with which the defendant has been charged, names of private parties prosecuting (where applicable), defendant's plea, and occasionally names of Crown witnesses and date of trial. Affidavits and informations may also be included. From 1812 it was the custom to attach the indictments to the precepts summonsing the Court; further informations and indictments are therefore in NRS 2701 and listed in detail in Appendix D, pages 70-77, of the unpublished guide. Detailed chronologically arranged schedules of these case papers can be found in Appendices D-M of the unpublished guide to the records of the Court of Criminal Jurisdiction. There is also an alphabetical index to people mentioned in these schedules. 1796-1812 (5/1145-46; microfilm copy SR Reels 2392-93), Oct 1816-Feb 1824 (SZ776A-803; photocopy of SZ776A & B at COD405A & B, microfilm copy of SZ776C at SR Reel 1984, photocopy of SZ777-792 at COD437-442 and COD443-452C, microfilm copy of SZ793-803 at SR Reels 1975-1981). 21 vols., 11 boxes Relevant items indexed in Aboriginal Colonial Court Cases 1788-1838. Note: This description, as amended, is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.