Alexandra Court of Petty Sessions – Police Magistrates

Alexandra Court of Petty Sessions – Police Magistrates


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Alexandra: Court of Petty Sessions

Roles:

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

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BB	Name	Title	Original	R	D	Gazette	From	To	Assignment	OP	PM	GF	CL	CP	S1	S2	Comments	Next	FN
V1874	Pitcairn, Robert	Police Magistrate			R	1873-10-20	1873-10-20	Ongoing	Alexandra
V1883	Smith, Bernhard William	Police Magistrate			R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Alexandra	6
V1884	Smith, Bernhard William	Police Magistrate			R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	Ongoing	Alexandra	6
V1885	Smith, Bernhard William	Police Magistrate			R	1878-04-15	1878-04-15	1885-10-07	Alexandra	6								Died.
V1885	O'Meara, John Joseph	Police Magistrate	1885-11-02		R	1885-11-02	1885-11-02	Ongoing	Alexandra	6							B Smith (deceased).
V1886	O'Meara, John Joseph	Police Magistrate	1885-11-02		R	1885-11-02	1885-11-02	Ongoing	Alexandra	6
V1887	O'Meara, John Joseph	Police Magistrate	1885-11-02		R	1885-11-02	1885-11-02	1887	Alexandra	6								Castlemaine.
V1887	(Vacant)						1887-01-01	1887-12-31	Alexandra
V1888	(Vacant)						1888-01-01	1888-08-26	Alexandra
V1888	Patterson, George William Frederick	Police Magistrate	1888-08-27		R	1888-08-27	1888-08-27	Ongoing	Alexandra	5
V1889	Patterson, George William Frederick	Police Magistrate	1888-08-27		R	1888-08-27	1888-08-27	1889-09	Alexandra	5								Sandhurst.
V1889	Keogh, John	Police Magistrate (Acting)	1889-09-23		R	1889-09-23	1889-09-23	Ongoing	Alexandra	8							Patterson.
V1890	Keogh, John	Police Magistrate (Acting)	1889-09-23		R	1889-09-23	1889-09-23	1890-03-23	Alexandra	8								Kilmore.	[01]
V1890	(Vacant)						1890-03-24	1890-12-31	Alexandra
V1891	(Vacant)						1891-01-01	1891-01-31	Alexandra
V1892	(Vacant)						1892-01-01	1891-02-31	Alexandra

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Notes[+]

Notes
01⇑	The transfer to Kilmore may not have been at the same time as being made a permanent PM.

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Updates

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