Records of Courts of Petty Sessions

Includes registers of the courts; registers of the juvenile courts; registers of licences; registers of fines and fees; and convictions.

The Carmarthenshire Petty Session Divisions were constituted under The Division of Counties Act 1828 and consist of eight divisions, namely, Carmarthen; Llanboidy; Llandilo; Llandovery; Llanelly; Llanfihangel-ar-Arth; Newcastle Emlyn and St Clears.

They were the lowest tier of the local justice system and tried less serious crimes such as minor theft, drunkenness and bastardy, if the crime became more serious it would be referred to the Quarter Sessions. From the late nineteenth century they also dealt with alcohol licensing.

The surviving records for Carmarthenshire span from 1872 up to 1975, the majority of the records are post 1900 and include licensing, court registers, fines and fees, convictions, case results and Magistrates minute books. The nineteenth century records consist of a few Magistrates minute books from 1891 for Carmarthen and Llanboidy districts and licensing registers from 1872 for Carmarthen and Llanelli districts.

Arranged by Petty Session division

Mynediad Cyfyngedig / Restricted Access

Fe all eitemau sy'n cynnwys gwybodaeth am unigolion a enwir gael eu cyfyngu yn unol a Deddf Diogelu Data a pholisi Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin / Items containing information on named individuals may be restricted in accordance with the Data Protection Act and Carmarthenshire Archives policy.

Adnau preifat / Private deposit

Acc Nos. 5547; 5566; 5570; 5654; 6555; 5740; 5809; 584; & 5820.

Mae copiau clawr caled o`r catalogau ar gael yn Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin ac yn y Gofrestr Cenedlaethol Archifau. Polisi Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin yw catalogio yn iaith y ddogfen / Hard copies of the catalogue are available at Carmarthenshire Archives and the National Register of Archives. It is the policy of Carmarthenshire Archives to catalogue in the language of the document.

Cyflwr da / Good condition

Compiled by Terry Wells for Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin / Carmarthenshire Archives.

Mae'r holl gofnodiadau sy'n cydymffurfio â pholisi casglu Archifau Sir Gaerfyrddin wedi eu cadw / All records which meet the collection policy of the Carmarthenshire Archives have been retained

No information

Mae croniadau yn bosibl / Accruals are possible

See: QEAC, Magistrates' Advisory Committee records.