Williamstown 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	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	Comments	Next	FN
V1852	Ferguson, Charles	Police Magistrate (Acting)	R	1852-02-17	1852-02-17	1852-09-30	Williamstown	Bunbury. Harbour Master.
V1852	Pasco, Crawford Atchison Denman	Police Magistrate (inc Water)	R	1852-10-07	1852-10-01	1852-12-31	Williamstown	Ferguson.
V1852	Bunbury, Richard Hanmer	Police Magistrate (Acting)	R	TBD	TBD	1852-01-31	Williamstown	Harbour Master.	Resigned.
V1853	Pasco, Crawford Atchison Denman	Police Magistrate	R		1853-01-01	Ongoing	Williamstown	PM.
V1853	Sturt, Evelyn Pitfield Shirley	Police Magistrate	R		1853-04-01	Ongoing	Williamstown
V1854	Pasco, Crawford Atchison Denman	Police Magistrate	R		1853-01-01	Ongoing	Williamstown
V1854	Sturt, Evelyn Pitfield Shirley	Police Magistrate	R		1853-04-01	Ongoing	Williamstown			[01]
V1855	Pasco, Crawford Atchison Denman	Water Police Magistrate	R		1852-10-01	Ongoing	Williamstown
V1856	Pasco, Crawford Atchison Denman	Police Magistrate	R		1852-10-01		Williamstown
V1857	Pasco, Crawford Atchison Denman	Police Magistrate	R		1852-10-01	1857-12-31	Williamstown		Swan Hill.
V1858	Crawford, William	Police Magistrate	R		1858-01-07	Ongoing	Williamstown	Pasco.
V1859	Crawford, William	Police Magistrate	R		1858-01-07	Ongoing	Williamstown
V1860	Crawford, William	Police Magistrate	R	1858-01-07	1858-01-07	Ongoing	Williamstown
V1861	Crawford, William	Police Magistrate	R		1858-01-07	Ongoing	Williamstown
V1862	Crawford, William	Police Magistrate	R			1862-11-09	Williamstown		Died.
V1863	Call, Frederick	Police Magistrate	R		1863-01-09	Ongoing	Williamstown
V1864	Call, Frederick	Police Magistrate	R		1863-01-09	Ongoing	Williamstown
V1865	Call, Frederick	Police Magistrate	R		1863-01-09	Ongoing	Williamstown
V1866	Call, Frederick	Police Magistrate	R		1863-01-09	Ongoing	Williamstown
V1867	Call, Frederick	Police Magistrate	R		1863-01-09	Ongoing	Williamstown
V1868	Call, Frederick	Police Magistrate	R			1868-06-03	Williamstown
V1868	Mollison, Crawford	Police Magistrate	R	1868-06-04	1868-06-04	Ongoing	Williamstown	Call.
V1869	Mollison, Crawford	Police Magistrate	R	1868-12-29	1868-12-29	Ongoing	Williamstown	PM.
V1870	Mollison, Crawford	Police Magistrate	R	1868-12-29	1868-12-29	Ongoing	Williamstown
V1871	Mollison, Crawford	Police Magistrate	R	1868-12-29	1868-12-29	Ongoing	Williamstown
V1872	Mollison, Crawford	Police Magistrate	R	1868-12-29	1868-12-29	Ongoing	Williamstown
V1874	Mollison, Crawford	Police Magistrate	R	1868-12-29	1868-12-29	Ongoing	Williamstown

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Notes[+]

Notes
01⇑	BB1854 and BB1855 have 1850-01-01 for appointment Stipendiary/Resident Magistrate.

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Updates

2024-11-29

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