Wangaratta Court of Petty Sessions – 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	Piper, William	Police Magistrate		R		1853-01-01	1853-05-25	Wangaratta			Benalla.
V1854	Harper, George Mitchell	Police Magistrate		R		1853-01-01	Ongoing	Wangaratta				[01]
V1855	Harper, George Mitchell	Police Magistrate		R		1852-10-29	Ongoing	Wangaratta
V1856	Harper, George Mitchell	Police Magistrate		R			1856-06-25	Wangaratta			Died.
V1858	Shadforth, Robert William	Police Magistrate		R		1858-01-07	Ongoing	Wangaratta
V1859	Shadforth, Robert William	Police Magistrate		R		1858-01-07	Ongoing	Wangaratta
V1860	Shadforth, Robert William	Police Magistrate		R	1858-01-07	1858-01-07	Ongoing	Wangaratta
V1861	Shadforth, Robert William	Police Magistrate		R		1858-01-07	Ongoing	Wangaratta
V1862	Shadforth, Robert William	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Wangaratta
V1863	Shadforth, Robert William	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Wangaratta
V1864	Shadforth, Robert William	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Wangaratta
V1865	Shadforth, Robert William	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Wangaratta
V1866	Shadforth, Robert William	Police Magistrate		R	1858-01-07	1858-01-07	Ongoing	Wangaratta
V1867	Shadforth, Robert William	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Wangaratta			Beechworth.
V1868	Lowther, Gorges Macdonald	Police Magistrate		R		1868-07	1868-10-31	Wangaratta			Dismissed.
V1874	Holmes, John	Police Magistrate		R	1872-04-29	1872-04-29	Ongoing	Wangaratta
V1890	Dobbin, Charles Leonard	Police Magistrate	1888-08-11	R	1890	1890	Ongoing	Wangaratta	10
V1891	Dobbin, Charles Leonard	Police Magistrate	1888-08-11	R	1890	1890	Ongoing	Wangaratta	10
V1892	Dobbin, Charles Leonard	Police Magistrate	1888-08-11	R	1890	1890	Ongoing	Wangaratta	10
V1893	Dobbin, Charles Leonard	Police Magistrate	1888-08-11	R	1890	1890	Ongoing	Wangaratta	10
V1894	Dobbin, Charles Leonard	Police Magistrate	1888-08-11	R	1890	1890	Ongoing	Wangaratta	10
V1895	Dobbin, Charles Leonard	Police Magistrate	1888-08-11	R	1890	1890	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1896	Dobbin, Charles Leonard	Police Magistrate	1888-08-11	R	1890	1890	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1897	Dobbin, Charles Leonard	Police Magistrate	1888-08-11	R	1890	1890	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1898	Dobbin, Charles Leonard	Police Magistrate	1888-08-11	R	1890	1890	1898-08	Wangaratta	11		Melbourne.
V1898	Burrowes, Robert James	Police Magistrate	1898-08-15	R	1898-08-15	1898-08-15	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11	Dobbin.
V1899	Burrowes, Robert James	Police Magistrate	1898-08-15	R	1898-08-15	1898-08-15	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1900	Burrowes, Robert James	Police Magistrate	1898-08-15	R	1898-08-15	1898-08-15	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1901	Burrowes, Robert James	Police Magistrate	1898-08-15	R	1898-08-15	1898-08-15	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1902	Burrowes, Robert James	Police Magistrate	1898-08-15	R	1898-08-15	1898-08-15	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1903	Burrowes, Robert James	Police Magistrate	1898-08-15	R	1898-08-15	1898-08-15	1903-02	Wangaratta	11		Stawell.
V1903	Beaven, James William Waight	Police Magistrate	1903-02-06	R	1903-02-06	1903-02-06	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11	Burrowes.
V1904	Beaven, James William Waight	Police Magistrate	1903-02-06	R	1903-02-06	1903-02-06	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1905	Beaven, James William Waight	Police Magistrate	1903-02-06	R	1903-02-06	1903-02-06	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1906	Beaven, James William Waight	Police Magistrate	1903-02-06	R	1903-02-06	1903-02-06	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1907	Beaven, James William Waight	Police Magistrate	1903-02-06	R	1903-02-06	1903-02-06	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1908	Beaven, James William Waight	Police Magistrate	1903-02-06	R	1903-02-06	1903-02-06	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1909	Beaven, James William Waight	Police Magistrate	1903-02-06	R	1903-02-06	1903-02-06	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1910	Beaven, James William Waight	Police Magistrate	1903-02-06	R	1903-02-06	1903-02-06	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1911	Beaven, James William Waight	Police Magistrate	1903-02-06	R	1903-02-06	1903-02-06	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1912	Beaven, James William Waight	Police Magistrate	1903-02-06	R	1903-02-06	1903-02-06	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1913	Beaven, James William Waight	Police Magistrate	1903-02-06	R	1903-02-06	1903-02-06	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1914	Beaven, James William Waight	Police Magistrate	1903-02-06	R	1903-02-06	1903-02-06	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1915	Beaven, James William Waight	Police Magistrate	1903-02-06	R	1903-02-06	1903-02-06	Ongoing	Wangaratta	11
V1916	Beaven, James William Waight	Police Magistrate	1903-02-06	R	1903-02-06	1903-02-06	1916	Wangaratta	12		Bendigo.
V1916	Pennefather, John Francis	Police Magistrate	1912-09-24	R	1916	1916	Ongoing	Wangaratta	17	Beaven.
V1917	Pennefather, John Francis	Police Magistrate	1912-09-24	R	1916	1916	Ongoing	Wangaratta	16
V1918	Pennefather, John Francis	Police Magistrate	1912-09-24	R	1916	1916	Ongoing	Wangaratta	16
V1919	Pennefather, John Francis	Police Magistrate	1912-09-24	R	1916	1916	Ongoing	Wangaratta	16
V1920	Pennefather, John Francis	Police Magistrate	1912-09-24	R	1916	1916	1920	Wangaratta	16		Died.
V1920	Wade, Thomas Barton	Police Magistrate	1919-04-29	R	1920-02	1920-02	Ongoing	Wangaratta	16	Pennefather.
V1921	Wade, Thomas Barton	Police Magistrate	1919-04-29	R	1920-02	1920-02	Ongoing	Wangaratta	16
V1922	Wade, Thomas Barton	Police Magistrate	1919-04-29	R	1920-02	1920-02	Ongoing	Wangaratta	17
V1923	Wade, Thomas Barton	Police Magistrate	1919-04-29	R	1920-02	1920-02	1923-09	Wangaratta	17		Carlton.
V1923	Williams, Thomas Magor	Police Magistrate	1923-09-18	R	1923-09-18	1923-09-18	Ongoing	Wangaratta	17	T B Wade.
V1924	Williams, Thomas Magor	Police Magistrate	1923-09-18	R	1923-09-18	1923-09-18	Ongoing	Wangaratta	17
V1925	Williams, Thomas Magor	Police Magistrate	1923-09-18	R	1923-09-18	1923-09-18	Ongoing	Wangaratta	17
V1926	Williams, Thomas Magor	Police Magistrate	1923-09-18	R	1923-09-18	1923-09-18	Ongoing	Wangaratta	17
V1927	Williams, Thomas Magor	Police Magistrate	1923-09-18	R	1923-09-18	1923-09-18	Ongoing	Wangaratta	17
V1928	Williams, Thomas Magor	Police Magistrate	1923-09-18	R	1923-09-18	1923-09-18	Ongoing	Wangaratta	17
V1929	Williams, Thomas Magor	Police Magistrate	1923-09-18	R	1923-09-18	1923-09-18	Ongoing	Wangaratta	17

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Notes
01⇑	When moved? Absent 1854-04-01 to 1854-06-30.

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