State Archives Collection

A valuable resource relating to the NSW colonial justice system and for research into criminals, convicts and crimes during the early years of the Colony

Includes Quarter Session court lists for criminal cases that were not punishable by the death penalty. The index covers Country Quarter Sessions cases for the period 1849 to 1949, and Sydney Quarter Sessions cases for the period January 1839 to September 1921. Please note that not all case papers have survived.

Includes criminal cases tried before the Supreme Court at Sydney and on the Circuit for the period 1863-1919. The Index records: trial number and where tried, name of defendant, offence, date of trial and Judge, verdict and sentence

An index to 6000+ case papers which mostly include name of the person tried, date, place, verdict and sentence