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=== Quarter Session courts  ===
=== Quarter Session courts  ===


Also handled cases of petty crimes.  
Quarter Sessions were also known as Petty Sessions and handled both civil and criminal cases.  


State Library of New South Wales has a good guide to finding and using Quarter Sessions Court Records at [[|]][http://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/content.php?pid=400401&sid=3303142 guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/content.php]
State Library of New South Wales has a good guide to finding and using Quarter Sessions Court Records at [http://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/content.php?pid=400401&sid=3303142 guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/content.php]  
 
Historical background is available at [https://familysearch.org/node/1234 familysearch.org/node/1234]You will need to know where your ancestor was living in England before searching for them in Quarter Session records.


=== Supreme courts  ===
=== Supreme courts  ===
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