Criminal Court of Western Australia

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The Criminal Court of Western Australia was a former higher court responsible for trying serious criminal offences in Western Australia before its functions were absorbed into the Supreme Court of Western Australia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Criminal Court of Western Australia canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
former court ⓘ
appliedLaw imperial law of the United Kingdom ⓘ
law of Western Australia ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Western Australia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
courtType higher court ⓘ
superior court of record ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished 19th century ⓘ
establishedInPeriod 19th century ⓘ
functionTransferredTo Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ
governingBody Government of Western Australia ⓘ
handlesCaseType felonies ⓘ
serious criminal offences ⓘ
hasEnglishName Criminal Court of Western Australia ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver criminal trials by jury ⓘ
serious indictable offences ⓘ
hasSuccessor Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ
historicalRole principal criminal court in Western Australia before creation of the Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ
jurisdiction criminal law ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
locatedIn Perth, Western Australia ⓘ
linked to: Perth

Western Australia ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction British Empire ⓘ
operatedIn Colony of Western Australia ⓘ
linked to: Swan River Colony

State of Western Australia ⓘ
linked to: Western Australia
partOf judicial system of Western Australia ⓘ
replacedBy Supreme Court of Western Australia ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Court of Western Australia → predecessor → Criminal Court of Western Australia ⓘ
Criminal Court of Western Australia → hasEnglishName → Criminal Court of Western Australia ⓘ