Warrnambool Court of Petty Sessions – Police Magistrates


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Police Magistrates

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

BB	Name	Title	Original	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	OP	Comments	Next	FN
V1853	Lapham, Samuel	Police Magistrate		R		1853-01-01	1853-01-31	Warrnambool		PM.	CPS.
V1854	McCrae, Andrew Murison	Police Magistrate		R		1854-01-01	1854-03-05	Warrnambool
V1854	Gilles, Lewis William	Police Magistrate		R		1854-02-16	Ongoing	Warrnambool		McCrae.
V1855	Gilles, Lewis William	Police Magistrate		R		1854-02-14	Ongoing	Warrnambool
V1857	Gilles, Lewis William	Police Magistrate		R		1854-02-16	Ongoing	Warrnambool
V1858	Gilles, Lewis William	Police Magistrate		R		1854-02-16	Ongoing	Warrnambool
V1859	Gilles, Lewis William	Police Magistrate		R		1854-02-16	Ongoing	Warrnambool
V1860	Gilles, Lewis William	Police Magistrate		R		1854-01-17	Ongoing	Warrnambool
V1861	Gilles, Lewis William	Police Magistrate		R		1854-01-17	Ongoing	Warrnambool
V1862	Gilles, Lewis William	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Warrnambool
V1863	Gilles, Lewis William	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Warrnambool
V1864	Gilles, Lewis William	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Warrnambool
V1865	Gilles, Lewis William	Police Magistrate		R			Ongoing	Warrnambool
V1866	Gilles, Lewis William	Police Magistrate		R			1866-05-01	Warrnambool			Retired.
V1883	Taylor, James Grant	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Warrnambool	8
V1884	Taylor, James Grant	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Warrnambool	8
V1885	Taylor, James Grant	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Warrnambool	8
V1886	Taylor, James Grant	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Warrnambool	8
V1887	Taylor, James Grant	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Warrnambool	8
V1888	Taylor, James Grant	Police Magistrate		R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	1888-12-31	Warrnambool	8		Retired at the end of 1888.	[01]
V1888	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	8	Taylor (retired).
V1889	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	8
V1890	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	6
V1891	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	6
V1892	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	6
V1893	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	6
V1894	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	6
V1895	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	6
V1896	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	14
V1897	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	14
V1898	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	14
V1899	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	14
V1900	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	14
V1901	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	14
V1902	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	7
V1903	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	Ongoing	Warrnambool	7
V1904	McCormick, George Deihl	Police Magistrate	1882-04-01	R	1888-08	1888-08	1904	Warrnambool	7		Left during 1904.
V1904	(Vacant)			R	1904	1904	Ongoing	Warrnambool	7
V1905	(Vacant)			R	1905	1905	Ongoing	Warrnambool	7
V1906	Williams, Edgar Elmore	Police Magistrate	1905-06-27	R	1906	1906	Ongoing	Warrnambool		Also Hamilton.
V1907	Williams, Edgar Elmore	Police Magistrate	1905-06-27	R	1906	1906	Ongoing	Warrnambool		Also Hamilton.
V1908	Williams, Edgar Elmore	Police Magistrate	1905-06-27	R	1906	1906	1908	Warrnambool
V1922	O'Grady, David William	Police Magistrate	1919-04-03	R	1922	1922	Ongoing	Warrnambool	13
V1923	O'Grady, David William	Police Magistrate	1919-04-03	R	1922	1922	1923-09	Warrnambool	13		Geelong.
V1923	O'Callaghan, Thomas Daniel	Police Magistrate	1923-09-18	R	1923-09-18	1923-09-18	Ongoing	Warrnambool	13	D W O'Grady.
V1924	O'Callaghan, Thomas Daniel	Police Magistrate	1923-09-18	R	1923-09-18	1923-09-18	Ongoing	Warrnambool	14
V1925	O'Callaghan, Thomas Daniel	Police Magistrate	1923-09-18	R	1923-09-18	1923-09-18	Ongoing	Warrnambool	14
V1926	O'Callaghan, Thomas Daniel	Police Magistrate	1923-09-18	R	1923-09-18	1923-09-18	1926	Warrnambool	14		Relieving Magistrate.
V1926	Clarke, John Woolner	Police Magistrate	1926	R	1926	1926	Ongoing	Warrnambool	14	O'Callaghan.
V1927	Clarke, John Woolner	Police Magistrate	1926	R	1926	1926	Ongoing	Warrnambool	14
V1928	Clarke, John Woolner	Police Magistrate	1926	R	1926	1926	Ongoing	Warrnambool	14
V1929	Clarke, John Woolner	Police Magistrate	1926	R	1926	1926	1929-10	Warrnambool	14		Collingwood.
V1929	Tibb, Edward Charles	Police Magistrate	1929-10-31	R	1929-10-31	1929-10-31	Ongoing	Warrnambool	14	Clarke.

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Notes
01⇑	Taylor and McCormick are both listed for Warrnambool. Taylor is not on the 1889 list, so probably left at the end of 1888.

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Updates

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