Physical description

District Police Office Sandhurst Court records. October 1857 - October 1858. Brown ledger containing the records of the District Police Office Sandhurst.
Cover has linen like covering with suede leather corners and spine. All have decorative scroll and pattern work.
Dates written in ink on the spine.
Remnants of an adhesive label on the spine.
Inside covers lined with red, green and gold patterned paper.
Entries include names of judges, solicitors, witnesses, accused and plaintiffs,
Each record include descriptions of charges and the rulings.
Most of the sittings were conducted by police magistrate Lachlan McLachlan.
Notes
Philip Barton inherited the book from his father Russell Barton who died in 2002.
Russell Barton was a barrister who practised on the Supreme Court Circuit in Bendigo from 1960 - 1975.
He was interested in history and it is assumed that he was given the book by the Bendigo Court officials.
Philip Barton gave the book to Dennis Johnason on the understanding that it be given to the Bendigo Historical Society. See Donor.