Cowana Court of Petty Sessions – Police Magistrates

Cowana Court of Petty Sessions – Police Magistrates

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Bodies:Cowana:  Court of Petty Sessions
Explanations:
Columns:R [Role]; D is whether the role is Resident [R] or Visiting [V].
PM (Police Magistrate), GC (Gold Commissioner 1851-1855), GW (Gold Warden 1855-1929), CCL (Commissioner of Crown Lands), and CP (Chinese Protector) show the Golden Colony roles that each person held at the same time.
Roles: = Government Office (Paid); = Government Duties (Unpaid); = On leave; = TBD; = Agriculture; = Private enterprise; = Parliament;
= British Army; = Royal Marines; = British Militia; = Colonial Militia; = East India Company Army; = Royal Navy; = Other Maritime;
= Education; = Army Education; = Navy Education; = Immigration; = Emigration; = Other voyage.
Abbreviations: BB = Blue Book; CCL = Commissioner of Crown Lands; CP = Chinese Protector; CPS = Clerk of Petty Sessions; GC = Gold Commissioner;
GR = Gold Receiver; GW = Gold Warden; JP = Justice of the Peace (Magistrate); PM = Police Magistrate;
FN = Footnotes; PSL = Public Service List; S/S1/S2 = Source; TBC/TBD = To be confirmed/determined.
Appointments: = Appointed; = Reappointed; = Promoted; = Demoted; = Redesignated; = Succeeded/Replaced; = Transferred to; = Made permanent;
= Retired; = Dismissed; = Passed (Examinations); = Paid as (role).
British Army: = Purchase of Commission; = Exchange rank/regiment; = Reduced to Reserve list; = Retired by sale of Commission.
Assignments:The location or district the person was assigned to. A number in the OP column (Other Places) means that they also sat at that many other locations of Courts of Petty Sessions. The number of other locations changed from time to time as courts were created, abolished, or reassigned.
Sources (S, S1, S2): = Blue Book; = Blue Book derived; = Government Gazette; = Government Gazette derived; = Public Service List; = Public Service List derived;
= Report; = Book; = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death document; = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death extract; = Cemetery; = Census; = Legal;
= Newspaper family notice; = Newspaper article; = Magazine article; = Unconfirmed; = Military service record; = Internet.
Other Symbols: = External link.
Dates:Dates are in YYYY-MM-DD format. Ongoing = Continues into next calendar year; New date; Date changed in source; Date died; Date to be confirmed.
"Original" is the date the person commenced the role. For example, when first appointed a Police Magistrate, regardless of later re-appointments and re-assignments.
Unconfirmed:All text in magenta is unconfirmed.
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Police Magistrates

BBNameTitleOriginalRDGazetteFromToAssignmentOPPMGFCLCPS1S2CommentsNextFN
V1867Russell, Frederick BrownePolice Magistrate1867-04-01 V1867-04-011867-04-01OngoingCowana PM Wentworth NSW.
V1868Russell, Frederick BrownePolice Magistrate1867-04-01 V1867-04-011867-04-01OngoingCowana PM Wentworth NSW.
V1869Russell, Frederick BrownePolice Magistrate1867-04-01 V1867-04-011867-04-011869-05-31Cowana PM Wentworth NSW. Queanbeyan NSW.
V1869Farrand, WilliamPolice Magistrate1869-11-22 V1869-11-221869-11-22OngoingCowana PM Wentworth NSW.
V1870Farrand, WilliamPolice Magistrate1869-11-22 V1869-11-221869-11-22OngoingCowana PM Wentworth NSW.
V1871Farrand, WilliamPolice Magistrate1869-11-22 V1869-11-221869-11-221871-01-29Cowana PM Wentworth NSW.Died.[01]
V1871(Vacant)1871-01-301871-12-31Cowana PM Wentworth NSW.
V1872(Vacant)1872-01-011872-12-31Cowana PM Wentworth NSW.
V1873(Vacant)1873-01-011873-12-31Cowana PM Wentworth NSW.
V1874(Vacant)1874-01-011874-12-31Cowana PM Wentworth NSW.
V1875(Vacant)1875-01-011875-12-31Cowana PM Wentworth NSW.
V1876(Vacant)1876-01-011876-03-05Cowana PM Wentworth NSW.
V1876Richardson, William LylePolice Magistrate1876-03-06 V1876-03-061876-03-06OngoingCowana PM Wentworth NSW.
V1877Richardson, William LylePolice Magistrate1876-03-06 V1876-03-061876-03-06OngoingCowana PM Wentworth NSW.
V1878Richardson, William LylePolice Magistrate1876-03-06 V1876-03-061876-03-061878-01-08Cowana PM Wentworth NSW.Dismissed.
V1878Richardson, William LylePolice Magistrate1876-03-06 V1878-04-151878-04-15OngoingCowana PM.[02]
V1879Richardson, William LylePolice Magistrate1876-03-06 V1878-04-151878-04-15OngoingCowana PM Wentworth NSW.
V1880Richardson, William LylePolice Magistrate1876-03-06 V1878-04-151878-04-15OngoingCowana PM Wentworth NSW.
V1881Richardson, William LylePolice Magistrate1876-03-06 V1878-04-151878-04-151881-12-11Cowana PM Wentworth NSW. Yelta.[03]

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Notes

Notes
01⇑ Richardson, Farrand's successor at Wentworth, was not appointed as PM Cowana until 1876.
02⇑ Gazette notice still to be found.
03⇑ Petty Sessions transferred to Yelta.

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Updates

2024-11-02URL changed and page formatting revised.
2024-10-13Page formatting revised.
2022-03-23Page created.