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 === 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  ===