Department of Education - Archives Office of Tasmania

Brief Guide 2: records relating to criminal cases 

This is a list of the records most frequently used by researchers seeking information on individuals who have been before the Court for criminal matters. Further records will be found using the search facility in Tasmanian Archives Online, especially for the following Agencies -
TA42 Supreme Court
TA181 Solicitor General’s Department

Access to some records may be restricted.

AB693 Register of criminal cases prosecuted by the Crown Jan 1853 - May 1964
SGD13 Criminal prosecution files  1858, 1870 - 1992
SC32 Minutes of proceedings in Criminal Cases, various centres including Norfolk Island May 1824 - Jun 1947
SC41 Register of prisoners tried in Criminal cases May 1824 - July 1923
CON4 Judges’ and Chairmen’s Reports on Criminal Cases in the Supreme Court and Court of Quarter Sessions 1849 – 1857
SC83 Unregistered documents in criminal cases 1827 - 1947
SC81 Documents in criminal cases 1951 - 1983
SC511 Judges copies of papers in criminal cases