Sandhurst (Bendigo) Court of Petty Sessions – Police Magistrates


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Police Magistrates

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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

BB	Name	Title	Original	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	OP	Comments	Next	FN
V1853	McLachlan, Lachlan	Police Magistrate		R		1853-03-29	Ongoing	Sandhurst				[01]
V1854	McLachlan, Lachlan	Police Magistrate		R		1853-03-29	Ongoing	Sandhurst				[02]
V1855	McLachlan, Lachlan	Police Magistrate		R		1853-03-29	Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1856	McLachlan, Lachlan	Police Magistrate		R		1853-03-29		Sandhurst
V1857	McLachlan, Lachlan	Police Magistrate		R		1853-03-29	Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1857	Panton, Joseph Anderson	Police Magistrate		R	1857-06-20	1857-06-20	Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1858	McLachlan, Lachlan	Police Magistrate		R		1853-03-29	Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1858	Panton, Joseph Anderson	Police Magistrate		R		1857-06-20	1858-08-31	Sandhurst
V1858	Panton, Joseph Anderson	Police Magistrate		R		1858-09-01	Ongoing	Sandhurst		On leave (12 months).
V1859	McLachlan, Lachlan	Police Magistrate		R		1853-03-29	Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1859	Panton, Joseph Anderson	Police Magistrate		R		1858-09-01	TBD	Sandhurst		On leave (12 months). Resigned.
V1860	McLachlan, Lachlan	Police Magistrate		R		1853-03	Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1860	Anderson, Musgrave Wroughton	Police Magistrate		R		1859-03-06	Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1860	Alley, James Henry Cooper	Police Magistrate		R	1860-02-06	1860-02-02	1860-08-29	Sandhurst			Buckland.
V1860	Mollison, Crawford	Police Magistrate		R	1860-02-06	1860-02-02	Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1861	McLachlan, Lachlan	Police Magistrate		R		1853-03	Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1861	Anderson, Musgrave Wroughton	Police Magistrate		R		1859-03-06	1860-06-30	Sandhurst			Dunolly.
V1861	Eardley-Wilmot, Charles Octavius	Police Magistrate		R		1859-04-28	Ongoing	Sandhurst		M W Anderson.
V1861	Mollison, Crawford	Police Magistrate		R		1860-02-02	Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1862	McLachlan, Lachlan	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1862	Mollison, Crawford	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1862	Webster, Graham	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1863	McLachlan, Lachlan	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1863	Mollison, Crawford	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1863	Webster, Graham	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1864	McLachlan, Lachlan	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1864	Mollison, Crawford	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1864	Webster, Graham	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1865	McLachlan, Lachlan	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1865	Mollison, Crawford	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1865	Webster, Graham	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1866	McLachlan, Lachlan	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1866	Mollison, Crawford	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1866	Webster, Graham	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Sandhurst			Raglan.
V1867	McLachlan, Lachlan	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1867	Mollison, Crawford	Police Magistrate		R	1860-02-06	1860-02-06	Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1868	McLachlan, Lachlan	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1868	Mollison, Crawford	Police Magistrate		R			1868-06-03	Sandhurst			Williamstown.
V1868	Gaunt, William Henry	Police Magistrate		R	1868-06-04	1868-06-04	Ongoing	Sandhurst		Mollison.
V1869	Gaunt, William Henry	Police Magistrate		R	1868-12-29	1868-12-29	Ongoing	Sandhurst		PM.	Ballarat.
V1869	McLachlan, Lachlan	Police Magistrate		R	1868-12-29	1868-12-29	Ongoing	Sandhurst		PM.
V1870	Gaunt, William Henry	Police Magistrate		R	1868-12-29	1868-12-29	Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1870	McLachlan, Lachlan	Police Magistrate		R	1868-12-29	1868-12-29	Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1871	Gaunt, William Henry	Police Magistrate		R	1868-12-29	1868-12-29	Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1871	McLachlan, Lachlan	Police Magistrate		R	1868-12-29	1868-12-29	1871-08	Sandhurst			Retired.
V1872	Gaunt, William Henry	Police Magistrate		R	1868-12-29	1868-12-29	Ongoing	Sandhurst
V1883	Webster, Graham	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Sandhurst	8
V1884	Webster, Graham	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Sandhurst	8
V1885	Webster, Graham	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Sandhurst	8
V1886	Webster, Graham	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	1886-08	Sandhurst	8		Retired during 1886.
V1886	Campbell, George William	Police Magistrate	1886-09-01	R	1886-08-27	1886-09-01	Ongoing	Sandhurst	8	Graham Webster (retired).
V1887	Campbell, George William	Police Magistrate	1886-09-01	R	1886-08-27	1886-09-01	1887-11	Sandhurst	8		Inglewood.
V1887	Strickland, Robert	Police Magistrate	1884-02-27	R	1887-11	1887-11	Ongoing	Sandhurst	7	G W Campbell.
V1888	Strickland, Robert	Police Magistrate	1884-02-27	R	1887-11	1887-11	1888	Sandhurst	7		Retired.
V1888	Wyatt, Alfred	Police Magistrate		R	1888	1888	Ongoing	Sandhurst	7	Strickland (resigned).
V1889	Wyatt, Alfred	Police Magistrate		R	1888	1888	1889-09-30	Sandhurst	7		Retired.
V1889	Patterson, George William Frederick	Police Magistrate	1888-08-27	R	1889-09	1889-09	Ongoing	Sandhurst	7	Wyatt.
V1890	Patterson, George William Frederick	Police Magistrate	1888-08-27	R	1889-09	1889-09	Ongoing	Sandhurst	7
V1891	Patterson, George William Frederick	Police Magistrate	1888-08-27	R	1889-09	1889-09	Ongoing	Bendigo	7
V1892	Patterson, George William Frederick	Police Magistrate	1888-08-27	R	1889-09	1889-09	1892-07	Bendigo	7		Geelong.
V1892	Leader, William	Police Magistrate	1891-10-24	R	1892-08-01	1892-08-01	Ongoing	Bendigo	7	Patterson.		[03]
V1893	Leader, William	Police Magistrate	1891-10-24	R	1892-08-01	1892-08-01	Ongoing	Bendigo	7
V1894	Leader, William	Police Magistrate	1891-10-24	R	1892-08-01	1892-08-01	1894-03	Bendigo	7		Ballarat.
V1894	Dwyer, Patrick Joseph	Police Magistrate	1892-07-25	R	1894-03	1894-03	Ongoing	Bendigo	10	Leader.
V1895	Dwyer, Patrick Joseph	Police Magistrate	1892-07-25	R	1894-03	1894-03	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1896	Dwyer, Patrick Joseph	Police Magistrate	1892-07-25	R	1894-03	1894-03	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1897	Dwyer, Patrick Joseph	Police Magistrate	1892-07-25	R	1894-03	1894-03	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1898	Dwyer, Patrick Joseph	Police Magistrate	1892-07-25	R	1894-03	1894-03	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1899	Dwyer, Patrick Joseph	Police Magistrate	1892-07-25	R	1894-03	1894-03	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1900	Dwyer, Patrick Joseph	Police Magistrate	1892-07-25	R	1894-03	1894-03	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1901	Dwyer, Patrick Joseph	Police Magistrate	1892-07-25	R	1894-03	1894-03	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1902	Dwyer, Patrick Joseph	Police Magistrate	1892-07-25	R	1894-03	1894-03	1902-08	Bendigo	9		Melbourne.
V1902	Moore, Edmund Notley	Police Magistrate	1902-08-08	R	1902-08-08	1902-08-08	Ongoing	Bendigo	9	Dwyer.
V1903	Moore, Edmund Notley	Police Magistrate	1902-08-08	R	1902-08-08	1902-08-08	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1904	Moore, Edmund Notley	Police Magistrate	1902-08-08	R	1902-08-08	1902-08-08	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1905	Moore, Edmund Notley	Police Magistrate	1902-08-08	R	1902-08-08	1902-08-08	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1906	Moore, Edmund Notley	Police Magistrate	1902-08-08	R	1902-08-08	1902-08-08	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1907	Moore, Edmund Notley	Police Magistrate	1902-08-08	R	1902-08-08	1902-08-08	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1908	Moore, Edmund Notley	Police Magistrate	1902-08-08	R	1902-08-08	1902-08-08	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1909	Moore, Edmund Notley	Police Magistrate	1902-08-08	R	1902-08-08	1902-08-08	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1910	Moore, Edmund Notley	Police Magistrate	1902-08-08	R	1902-08-08	1902-08-08	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1911	Moore, Edmund Notley	Police Magistrate	1902-08-08	R	1902-08-08	1902-08-08	Ongoing	Bendigo	10
V1912	Moore, Edmund Notley	Police Magistrate	1902-08-08	R	1902-08-08	1902-08-08	Ongoing	Bendigo
V1913	Moore, Edmund Notley	Police Magistrate	1902-08-08	R	1902-08-08	1902-08-08	Ongoing	Bendigo	8
V1914	Moore, Edmund Notley	Police Magistrate	1902-08-08	R	1902-08-08	1902-08-08	Ongoing	Bendigo	8
V1915	Moore, Edmund Notley	Police Magistrate	1902-08-08	R	1902-08-08	1902-08-08	Ongoing	Bendigo	12
V1916	Moore, Edmund Notley	Police Magistrate	1902-08-08	R	1902-08-08	1902-08-08	1916	Bendigo	12		Brunswick.
V1916	Beaven, James William Waight	Police Magistrate	1903-02-06	R	1916	1916	Ongoing	Bendigo	9	Moore.
V1917	Beaven, James William Waight	Police Magistrate	1903-02-06	R	1916	1916	1917	Bendigo	9		Left during 1917.
V1917	Berriman, Daniel	Police Magistrate	1910-11-08	R	1917	1917	Ongoing	Bendigo	9	Beaven.
V1918	Berriman, Daniel	Police Magistrate	1910-11-08	R	1917	1917	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1919	Berriman, Daniel	Police Magistrate	1910-11-08	R	1917	1917	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1920	Berriman, Daniel	Police Magistrate	1910-11-08	R	1917	1917	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1921	Berriman, Daniel	Police Magistrate	1910-11-08	R	1917	1917	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1922	Berriman, Daniel	Police Magistrate	1910-11-08	R	1917	1917	Ongoing	Bendigo	9
V1923	Berriman, Daniel	Police Magistrate	1910-11-08	R	1917	1917	1923	Bendigo	9		City Coroner.
V1923	Cook, Alexander McGowan	Police Magistrate	1918	R	1923	1923	Ongoing	Bendigo	10	Berriman.
V1924	Cook, Alexander McGowan	Police Magistrate	1918	R	1923	1923	Ongoing	Bendigo	10
V1925	Cook, Alexander McGowan	Police Magistrate	1918	R	1923	1923	Ongoing	Bendigo	10
V1926	Cook, Alexander McGowan	Police Magistrate	1918	R	1923	1923	Ongoing	Bendigo	10
V1927	Cook, Alexander McGowan	Police Magistrate	1918	R	1923	1923	Ongoing	Bendigo	10
V1928	Cook, Alexander McGowan	Police Magistrate	1918	R	1923	1923	Ongoing	Bendigo	10
V1929	Cook, Alexander McGowan	Police Magistrate	1918	R	1923	1923	Ongoing	Bendigo	10

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Notes[+]

Notes
01⇑	McLachlan was gazetted to fill in for Shadforth at Castlemaine and BB1853 has this as his Sandhurst appointment date. Later issues have 28/29 March 1853.
02⇑	Originally 1853-02-09.
03⇑	Listed as Stawell, but was transferred to Bendigo.

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