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Quote this number to access your records: Queensland State Archives Series ID, 1773
These records are held by Queensland State Archives.
The Visiting Justice’s Minute Book, Series ID 1773, relates to the Reformatory School for Boys – Hulk Proserpine, Reformatory School for Boys, Lytton, Diamantina Reformatory School for Boys and Westbrook Reformatory for Boys. It records cases of serious misdemeanour heard before a Visiting Justice (Magistrate) from the Court of Petty Sessions, Toowoomba. Misdemeanours included: indecent behaviour, larceny (theft), adbsconding from “licensed service”, and indecent assault. The following summary details are recorded for each case; date of hearing, name of visiting justice, name of defendant, age, charge, outcome and the justice’s signature. In some instances, statements by witnesses (eg. Officials from the reformatory) are also recorded as are doctor’s certificates (testifying as to the condition of the boy to undergo punishment).
This series has been digitised and is avaliable for viewing online via the Queensland State Archives item page.