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Wolverhampton Petty Sessions: Wolverhampton Division of the Hundred of Seisdon North,...

Catalogue reference: T-PS

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This record is about the Wolverhampton Petty Sessions: Wolverhampton Division of the Hundred of Seisdon North,... dating from 1872-1939.

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Reference
T-PS
Title
Wolverhampton Petty Sessions: Wolverhampton Division of the Hundred of Seisdon North, Court of Summary Jurisdiction
Date
1872-1939
Description

Records include court registers, fee books, minutes of court, registers of licences, and registers of offenders.

Related material

<p>See also T-TPS for the records of the Court of Petty Sessions: Tettenhall Petty Sessional Division.</p>

Held by
Wolverhampton City Archives
Language
English
Creator(s)
<corpname>Wolverhampton Petty Sessional Division</corpname>
Administrative / biographical background

This court sat at the Town Hall in Wolverhampton once a week, and covered the following areas: Bushbury, Codsall, Oaken, Patshull, Pattingham, Lower Penn, Upper Penn, Tettenhall, Wednesfield, Wrottesley, Trysull, Seisdon, Wombourne, Essington and Bentley.

The court dealt with minor criminal offences and civil matters such as licensing. In 1872 the regulation and licensing of all beer shops came under the control of justices of the peace, and from this date licensing registers begin.

In 1929 Tettenhall Petty Sessional Division was created covering a similar area to the Wolverhampton Division and the records continue in a separate collection.

Record URL
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Wolverhampton Petty Sessions: Wolverhampton Division of the Hundred of Seisdon North, Court of Summary Jurisdiction